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Australia shares wildfire expertise as UK and Europe face escalating fire threats
📰 Original title: As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer?
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As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer?
By Graham ReadfearnKnowledge learned over more than a century in Australia is being tested by worsening fires. It’s a familiar narrative around the world
#Wildfires #Climatecrisis #Firefighters #Bushfires #Environment #TheGuardian #GrahamReadfearn
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As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/17/as-the-uk-and-europe-battle-deadly-wildfires-what-lessons-can-australia-offer #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #Firefighters #Bushfires #Environment
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As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/17/as-the-uk-and-europe-battle-deadly-wildfires-what-lessons-can-australia-offer #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #Firefighters #Bushfires #Environment
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Australia needs to get ready now for drought, fire and the unknown
Failing to plan is planning to fail"...Properly funding volunteer firefighter training and accreditation at state level. Volunteer firefighters do much of Australia’s firefighting but the sector is chronically underfunded. "
https://theconversation.com/a-big-el-nino-is-likely-australia-needs-to-get-ready-now-for-drought-fire-and-the-unknown-286634
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Australia needs to get ready now for drought, fire and the unknown
Failing to plan is planning to fail"...Properly funding volunteer firefighter training and accreditation at state level. Volunteer firefighters do much of Australia’s firefighting but the sector is chronically underfunded. "
https://theconversation.com/a-big-el-nino-is-likely-australia-needs-to-get-ready-now-for-drought-fire-and-the-unknown-286634
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #bushfires #drought #firefighting #volunteers -
Inside firefighters' high-tech push to prepare for perilous season
By Jack ColantuonoFrom virtual reality training to drones, these tools are helping firefighters prepare for a fast-approaching, potentially severe bushfire season.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/erica-fire-brigade-vr-firefighting-training-fires/106831020
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Inside firefighters' high-tech push to prepare for perilous season
By Jack ColantuonoFrom virtual reality training to drones, these tools are helping firefighters prepare for a fast-approaching, potentially severe bushfire season.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/erica-fire-brigade-vr-firefighting-training-fires/106831020
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CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
By Emma FieldAn administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.
#Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField
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CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
By Emma FieldAn administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.
#Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField
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CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
By Emma FieldAn administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.
#Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField
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CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
By Emma FieldAn administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.
#Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField
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CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
By Emma FieldAn administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.
#Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField
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Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis #ClimateCrisis #AustraliaNews #Environment #Flooding #ExtremeHeat #Bushfires #ExtremeWeather
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Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis #ClimateCrisis #AustraliaNews #Environment #Flooding #ExtremeHeat #Bushfires #ExtremeWeather
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From climate denial to agnotology (the study of how ignorance and doubt are deliberately, culturally, or politically manufactured)
"It’s worth noting, human-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main driver of rising global average temperatures. However, El Niño can tip these temperatures to record breaking levels." >>
https://theconversation.com/the-weather-bureau-has-just-declared-an-el-nino-what-could-this-mean-for-australia-285376"Agnotology is the study of deliberate, culturally cultivated ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (i.e. disinformation). More generally, the term includes the condition where more knowledge of a subject creates greater uncertainty." >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgnotologyFernández Pinto, M. and A. Leuschner (2026). Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influence in Science. In: The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, ed. by K. Elliott and T. Richards, 304–314. >>
https://annaleuschner.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/final-version-forthcoming-routledge-handbook-values-and-science.pdf#FossilFuels #ignorance #GHG #InsuranceAffordability #experience vs #ClimateDenial #denial #agnotology #CorporateInterests #lobby #CulturallyCultivatedIgnorance #coal #climate #droughts #bushfires #ElNiño #science #ClimateScience #AMOC #HABs #EpistemicIntimidation #ClimateAction
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From climate denial to agnotology (the study of how ignorance and doubt are deliberately, culturally, or politically manufactured)
"It’s worth noting, human-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main driver of rising global average temperatures. However, El Niño can tip these temperatures to record breaking levels." >>
https://theconversation.com/the-weather-bureau-has-just-declared-an-el-nino-what-could-this-mean-for-australia-285376"Agnotology is the study of deliberate, culturally cultivated ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (i.e. disinformation). More generally, the term includes the condition where more knowledge of a subject creates greater uncertainty." >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgnotologyFernández Pinto, M. and A. Leuschner (2026). Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influence in Science. In: The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, ed. by K. Elliott and T. Richards, 304–314. >>
https://annaleuschner.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/final-version-forthcoming-routledge-handbook-values-and-science.pdf#FossilFuels #ignorance #GHG #InsuranceAffordability #experience vs #ClimateDenial #denial #agnotology #CorporateInterests #lobby #CulturallyCultivatedIgnorance #coal #climate #droughts #bushfires #ElNiño #science #ClimateScience #AMOC #HABs #EpistemicIntimidation #ClimateAction
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Artemis III pilot Luca Parmitano recalls witnessing bushfires from space
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=artemis-iii-pilot-luca-parmitano-recalls-witnessing-bushfires-from-space
<p>Luca Parmitano was commanding the International Space Station when bushfires devastated eastern Australia
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‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/jun/14/pink-cockatoos-bushfire-habitat-loss-wyperfeld-national-park-victoria #Birds #Bushfires #Wildlife #Environment #Victoria #AustraliaNews
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‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/jun/14/pink-cockatoos-bushfire-habitat-loss-wyperfeld-national-park-victoria #Birds #Bushfires #Wildlife #Environment #Victoria #AustraliaNews
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New drone fleet strengthens emergency response
#ausnews #cfa #vicnews #fire #summer #bushfires #science #technology #drones #firemapping #firespotting #firefighting #region13 #ffmv -
New drone fleet strengthens emergency response
#ausnews #cfa #vicnews #fire #summer #bushfires #science #technology #drones #firemapping #firespotting #firefighting #region13 #ffmv -
New drone fleet strengthens emergency response
#ausnews #cfa #vicnews #fire #summer #bushfires #science #technology #drones #firemapping #firespotting #firefighting #region13 #ffmv -
New drone fleet strengthens emergency response
#ausnews #cfa #vicnews #fire #summer #bushfires #science #technology #drones #firemapping #firespotting #firefighting #region13 #ffmv -
New drone fleet strengthens emergency response
#ausnews #cfa #vicnews #fire #summer #bushfires #science #technology #drones #firemapping #firespotting #firefighting #region13 #ffmv -
The planet heats up - fossil fuel pollution has made extreme weather more violent.
* “The only effective response is climate action equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early-warning systems for all.” Guterres >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/prepare-for-imminent-return-of-el-nino-un-warns* Arthur Snell new book, Elemental, examines how a climate crisis threatens the planet’s capacity to sustain life
"...A world of great powers grabbing whatever they need to survive a changing climate from smaller ones – is essentially a new age of empire, except this time with the formerly colonised US and China waxing as former imperial powers such as Britain wane. "
Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It, Arthur Snell >>
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/04/arthur-snell-interview-geopolitics-climate-crisis-book-elemental* 45°C unending heat and no water: India faces brutal summer survival crisis
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/india-heatwave-water-crisis-delhi-rajasthan-lucknow-maharashtra-scarcity-tanker-climate-change-2917248-2026-05-26
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #liveability #HabitableLand #disasters #Bushfires #food #starvation #MassMigration #ClimateFinance #populism #FarRight #conflict #GeopoliticalOrder #empire -
The planet heats up - fossil fuel pollution has made extreme weather more violent.
* “The only effective response is climate action equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early-warning systems for all.” Guterres >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/prepare-for-imminent-return-of-el-nino-un-warns* Arthur Snell new book, Elemental, examines how a climate crisis threatens the planet’s capacity to sustain life
"...A world of great powers grabbing whatever they need to survive a changing climate from smaller ones – is essentially a new age of empire, except this time with the formerly colonised US and China waxing as former imperial powers such as Britain wane. "
Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It, Arthur Snell >>
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/04/arthur-snell-interview-geopolitics-climate-crisis-book-elemental* 45°C unending heat and no water: India faces brutal summer survival crisis
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/india-heatwave-water-crisis-delhi-rajasthan-lucknow-maharashtra-scarcity-tanker-climate-change-2917248-2026-05-26
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #liveability #HabitableLand #disasters #Bushfires #food #starvation #MassMigration #ClimateFinance #populism #FarRight #conflict #GeopoliticalOrder #empire -
Hope for endangered Watson’s tree frog as tadpoles released into wild
Scientists hope the baritone call of an endangered native frog that lost most of its habitat in the…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #BlackSummer #bushfires #captivebreeding #EastGippsland #Frog #NewSouthWales #Science #Victoria #Watson'streefrog #zoosvictoria
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Hope for endangered Watson’s tree frog as tadpoles released into wild
Scientists hope the baritone call of an endangered native frog that lost most of its habitat in the…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #BlackSummer #bushfires #captivebreeding #EastGippsland #Frog #NewSouthWales #Science #Victoria #Watson'streefrog #zoosvictoria
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This firsthand account of the 2009 Aus-
tralian bushfires is a vivid reminder that perception of events is acquired not
through one sensory modality but rather from the synthesized experience
of simultaneous perceptions associated with an event. In the case of a brush
fire, these are smoke (olfactory), heat (tactile), crackling flames (auditory),
and the motion and color of flames (visual). -
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This firsthand account of the 2009 Aus-
tralian bushfires is a vivid reminder that perception of events is acquired not
through one sensory modality but rather from the synthesized experience
of simultaneous perceptions associated with an event. In the case of a brush
fire, these are smoke (olfactory), heat (tactile), crackling flames (auditory),
and the motion and color of flames (visual). -
“As the firefront approached, the sky blackened. Spotfires broke out as blaz-
ing embers fell from the heavens. The heat intensified and a blistering wind,
whipped up by the change of air pressure caused by the fire sucking in oxy-
gen, sounded like a freight train.” -
“As the firefront approached, the sky blackened. Spotfires broke out as blaz-
ing embers fell from the heavens. The heat intensified and a blistering wind,
whipped up by the change of air pressure caused by the fire sucking in oxy-
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Koalas in NSW were predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2050 after the Black Summer fires. Now they’re officially endangered.
Meanwhile, it’s not governments leading the charge — it’s small local groups planting trees and rebuilding habitat, one patch at a time.
This is what real action looks like. -
Koalas in NSW were predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2050 after the Black Summer fires. Now they’re officially endangered.
Meanwhile, it’s not governments leading the charge — it’s small local groups planting trees and rebuilding habitat, one patch at a time.
This is what real action looks like. -
Some reading on our climate:
The Journal of Environmental Research Letters - Editor's Choice Awards
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/page/Best_article_awardsSome random choices:
Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb59fPotential impacts of marine carbon dioxide removal on ocean oxygen
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade0d4Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb6beWeather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae20a7Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3c54Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd268Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd5e8Extreme heatwave over Eastern China in summer 2022: the role of three oceans and local soil moisture feedback
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acc5fbExisting fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5°C
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6228Unmasking the impunity of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a call for enforcement and accountability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5193Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd26cClimate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a7Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab738eThe effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab154b#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #freshwater #ecosystems #ocean #deoxygenation #IndigenousePeoples #dispossession #GHG #deforestation #heatwaves #bushfires #agriculture #extractivism
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Some reading on our climate:
The Journal of Environmental Research Letters - Editor's Choice Awards
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/page/Best_article_awardsSome random choices:
Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb59fPotential impacts of marine carbon dioxide removal on ocean oxygen
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade0d4Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb6beWeather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae20a7Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3c54Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd268Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd5e8Extreme heatwave over Eastern China in summer 2022: the role of three oceans and local soil moisture feedback
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acc5fbExisting fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5°C
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6228Unmasking the impunity of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a call for enforcement and accountability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5193Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd26cClimate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a7Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab738eThe effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab154b#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #freshwater #ecosystems #ocean #deoxygenation #IndigenousePeoples #dispossession #GHG #deforestation #heatwaves #bushfires #agriculture #extractivism
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Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires
"Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."
"The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."
"Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bushfire-risk-worsened-by-regrowth-after-logging-study-finds/106546528Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard -
Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires
"Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."
"The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."
"Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bushfire-risk-worsened-by-regrowth-after-logging-study-finds/106546528Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard -
Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires
"Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."
"The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."
"Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bushfire-risk-worsened-by-regrowth-after-logging-study-finds/106546528Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard -
Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires
"Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."
"The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."
"Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bushfire-risk-worsened-by-regrowth-after-logging-study-finds/106546528Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard -
Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires
"Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."
"The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."
"Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bushfire-risk-worsened-by-regrowth-after-logging-study-finds/106546528Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard -
Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered.
"Intensifying fire seasons are threatening this balance to the extent the Federal Government has just officially listed this forest type as an endangered ecosystem. This means these forests face a high risk of collapse or extinction. "
"It is also an important part of First Nations cultural landscapes – in north-east Victoria, the Taungurung people harvested Bogong moths (or Deberra) when the moths migrated to mountain forests where alpine ash is a key part of the landscape. " >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-alpine-ash-forests-are-now-officially-endangered-can-we-save-them-279099Image: Eugène von Guérard, Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat, 1854 "The name "Warrenheip" is derived from the Aboriginal word "warrengeep," meaning "trees on mountain top" or "emu feathers on top".
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-brush-with-fidelity-three-works-by-eugene-von-guerard/#AlpineAsh #BogongMoths #LeadbeatersPossums #GreaterGliders #LoggingImpacts #Bushfires #extinction #ecosystem #collapse #biodiversity #FossilFuel #climate #IndigenousPeoples
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Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered.
"Intensifying fire seasons are threatening this balance to the extent the Federal Government has just officially listed this forest type as an endangered ecosystem. This means these forests face a high risk of collapse or extinction. "
"It is also an important part of First Nations cultural landscapes – in north-east Victoria, the Taungurung people harvested Bogong moths (or Deberra) when the moths migrated to mountain forests where alpine ash is a key part of the landscape. " >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-alpine-ash-forests-are-now-officially-endangered-can-we-save-them-279099Image: Eugène von Guérard, Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat, 1854 "The name "Warrenheip" is derived from the Aboriginal word "warrengeep," meaning "trees on mountain top" or "emu feathers on top".
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-brush-with-fidelity-three-works-by-eugene-von-guerard/#AlpineAsh #BogongMoths #LeadbeatersPossums #GreaterGliders #LoggingImpacts #Bushfires #extinction #ecosystem #collapse #biodiversity #FossilFuel #climate #IndigenousPeoples
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After 60 years, the proof is in: logging Tasmania’s wet forests makes them MORE flammable, not less.
Regrowth from clearfells burns hotter and more intensely than old-growth — denser canopies, drier microclimates, leaves closer to the fuel on the ground. A 2019 bushfire gave scientists the perfect natural experiment, and the data is clear.
Old-growth forests are our best defence against worsening bushfires. Time to end native forest logging in Tassie. Protect what’s left.
We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable#tasmania #nativeforestlogging #oldgrowthforests #bushfires #climateaction #endlogging #forests
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After 60 years, the proof is in: logging Tasmania’s wet forests makes them MORE flammable, not less.
Regrowth from clearfells burns hotter and more intensely than old-growth — denser canopies, drier microclimates, leaves closer to the fuel on the ground. A 2019 bushfire gave scientists the perfect natural experiment, and the data is clear.
Old-growth forests are our best defence against worsening bushfires. Time to end native forest logging in Tassie. Protect what’s left.
We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable#tasmania #nativeforestlogging #oldgrowthforests #bushfires #climateaction #endlogging #forests
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We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
Lots of regrowth, lots more fire"Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."
"Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
https://theconversation.com/we-have-the-proof-that-logging-makes-tasmanias-forests-more-flammable-279103Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm -
We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
Lots of regrowth, lots more fire"Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."
"Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
https://theconversation.com/we-have-the-proof-that-logging-makes-tasmanias-forests-more-flammable-279103Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm
