bush fires
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New Report Reveals the Shocking Toll Bushfires Took on Australia’s Wildlife
Almost 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by the devastating triple earlier estimates.
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Australia’s Wildlife Just Can’t Catch A Break
When flames engulfed the Australian countryside last summer, Thelma Johnson was grateful the winds didn’t send the fires her way. She helped found the Southern Highlands Koala Sanctuary, located in Canyonleigh, New South Wales, which was spared by the monstrous bushfires that affected more than 4.9 million hectares in the state.
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An Intense Heat Wave Has Fire Danger Rising Again In Australia
Australia just can’t seem to catch a break. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather update Thursday noting that the current heat wave that began on the northwestern part of the continent earlier this week is making its way southeast, toward the region where the bushfires continue to burn.
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When All The Forests Burn
Nature offers us some of the most sophisticated technology there is. While scientists and engineers continue to heads trying to figure out how to develop ways to effectively capture our carbon, trees already cracked the code. They’ve been absorbing carbon forever, man. So have other kinds of flora. Grasslands, wetlands, and even underwater kelp forests…