NASA image: Fires in Southern Australia
Today's image of southern Australia shows a combination of both planned fires and some bushfires.
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2013
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Page 14 - News tagged with bushfire
Extreme weather threatens crops, cities: Official report
Extreme weather caused by global warming poses a growing risk to Australia's crop lands, cities and iconic sites like Kakadu National Park, according to a new report that calls for global emissions to be cut to almost zero ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2013
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Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer
Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.
Environment
Mar 4, 2013
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Scientists develop improved fire management tools for Africa's savannas
Scientists at the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and partners have developed specialized graphs that map out fire behavior, known as nomographs, for landscape managers in Africa's savannas. The study, published ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2013
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Saving Australia's wetlands from tenacious willows
Scientists have developed a new way to rescue the Bogong High Plains and their endangered alpine wetlands from invading European willows.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2013
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Australian summer lurches from fire to floods
From bushfires raging in searing tinder-dry conditions to surging floodwaters and destructive tornadoes, Australia has witnessed staggering climate extremes during its summer of 2013.
Environment
Jan 29, 2013
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Smoke damage to four buildings housing telescopes at observatory
Four buildings containing telescopes at Australia's largest astronomical observatory have suffered smoke damage in a bushfire, the Australian National University said today.
Astronomy
Jan 16, 2013
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Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief
Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN's climate panel chief said Tuesday.
Environment
Jan 15, 2013
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Homes burned but telescopes OK: Bushfire at major observatory
Australia's biggest astronomical observatory was burned in a bushfire near Coonabarabran in Western NSW overnight, threatening over $100 million worth of research infrastructure and the largest optical telescope in the country.
Astronomy
Jan 14, 2013
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Australia: Call for merit-based funding as bushfire research money runs out
Funding to support breakthrough research into fires is due to run out before Australia's next bushfire season kicks in, despite the research being recognised for its social, environmental and economic impact.
Environment
Jan 9, 2013
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