bushfires
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This New App Can Track And Map Bushfires In The Northern Territory
Researchers at Charles Darwin University have developed a new app – NAFI – that tracks and maps bushfires in the Northern Territory.
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When Bushfires Meet Old Septic Tanks, a Disease Outbreak is Only a Matter of Time
The Royal Commission into the summer fires is an opportunity to start seriously reconsidering our built environment. We need to prepare for accelerating climate change, our changing natural landscape and future natural disasters. This should include reassessing our building standards and building codes. While the bushfire Royal Commission is working through many of these issues,…
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Australia’s Horniest Marsupial Is AWOL
The search for Australia’s horniest marsupial, the black-tailed dusky antechinus, has turned up empty, prompting concerns from wildlife experts that numbers have been severely impacted by the bushfires. The small marsupial hasn’t been spotted in two years, according to an ABC report, and while its energetic sexual antics could be the cause, it’s suspected the…
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We Helped Choose The Animals And Plants Most In Need After The Bushfires, Here’s How
No other event in our lifetimes has brought such sudden, drastic loss to Australia’s biodiversity as the last bushfire season. Governments, researchers and conservationists have committed to the long road to recovery. But in those vast burnt landscapes, where do we start?