Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 21 April 2020
Bushfires released two years' worth of CO2 into atmosphere
The Australian
Australia's bushfire crisis burnt about 7.4 million hectares of temperate forests and released 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, ...
Black Summer fires royal commission receives 400 submissions, victims call for extension
ABC News
Victims say deadlines for the royal commission into Australia's summer bushfire crisis are too tight and that many are unaware the probe is underway.
After drought and bushfires, coronavirus is impacting tourism in Australia's regions
SBS
But in parts of regional Australia that are coming off years of extreme and damaging weather events, from the drought to the bushfires, the timing of ...
Rural firies refuelled mobile base station generators during bushfires
iTnews
Australia's telcos have given their first in-depth look at the operational challenges they faced in the 2019-20 bushfires, revealing - among many things ...
Coronavirus restrictions threaten sharing of bushfire crews
Australian Aviation
Australia's Home Affairs Department told the newspaper that the US had not yet requested any help from Australian firefighters so far this year, and that if ...
NSW fire survivors take EPA to court in push to force action on climate change
ABC News
She, along with her fellow advocates, believes climate change is a major contributing factor to the cause and growing intensity of bushfires in Australia ...
New Hope For Native Species 'On Brink Of Extinction' After Devastating Bushfires
10 daily
Before this summer's bushfires decimated South Australia's Kangaroo Island, it was estimated around 300-500 dunnarts lived there. There were fears ...
Citizen science to aid bushfire recovery
Mirage News
People-powered science will play a role in Australia's bushfire recovery, with more than 20 projects underway involving citizen scientists of all ages.
Update on bushfire emissions in Australia's 2019-20 fire season
Mirage News
It focusses on the 2019-20 bushfire season in Australia and includes preliminary estimates of greenhouse gas emissions released to the atmosphere.
Pandemic gives Arthur Sinodinos 'baptism of fire' as US ambassador
The Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: When Arthur Sinodinos began his posting as Australia's ... the start of February, Australians were still consumed by the bushfires that had ...
