A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.
Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them,but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.
In just a couple of years,the cost of living has pushed climate action down the order of our deepest concerns.
Is business as usual possible in a climate crisis? No,but not all is lost,says Parks Victoria’s chief scientist.
A rainy August and a typical start-of-spring forecast cannot turn the clock back on 50 years of continuous drying,meteorologists say.
Australian consumers have been warned to expect shortages of oranges and price hikes because of ongoing poor harvests in Brazil.
Victoria has experienced a cold start to winter. Despite that,the unusually dry weather – with low rainfalls – has farmers in the state’s west worried.
WA has special natural resources – resources that have helped make our economy strong. But what makes us strong also needs protecting,and now is the time.
Drone footage has shown the extent of the devastation WA's long,rain-free summer has inflicted on bushland in the Margaret River region. Credit:John Bowskill
Do you think your clothing quality is declining? Fossil fuel fashion is on the rise,while climate change is impacting the quality of natural fibres.
In coming weeks,the DBCA will start torching 200,000 hectares of the state to boost our defences in the face of increasing bushfires. But is it causing irreparable damage to our ecosystems?