Bushfire safe rooms may save lives
QUT researchers have built and tested a bushfire safe room that exceeds current Australian standards and could keep people alive or protect valuables when evacuation is no longer an option.
QUT researchers have built and tested a bushfire safe room that exceeds current Australian standards and could keep people alive or protect valuables when evacuation is no longer an option.
Environment
Mar 21, 2023
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Can bushfire smoke reduce the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere? A decade ago, we might have been skeptical. But there's a growing body of research showing a clear link.
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Science is shaping how Australia can better prepare for devastating bushfire seasons with the release of comprehensive research based on the major issues of the 2019–20 Black Summer fire season.
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation's bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed.
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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It's almost bushfire season. Yes, even though floods are still racing through parts of eastern Australia. Fire conditions are above average including in inland New South Wales and Queensland.
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2022
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Southeast Australia's bushfire crisis culminated in the devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020 that burnt nearly 25 million hectares of bush.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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Nearly two years after the devastating bushfires of 2019–2020, many farming communities are still coming to terms with the impacts.
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2022
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Predation by feral cats is putting the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart—a small, mouse-sized marsupial found only on the Kangaroo Island off South Australia—to the brink of extinction. The study, published ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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Australian rainforests and bird communities remain under threat following the catastrophic 2019-2020 bushfire season, new UNSW Sydney research shows.
Ecology
Apr 28, 2022
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When you live in the driest State in the driest country in the world, bushfires are an unfortunate, and all-too-regular part of life. Learning how to survive such emergencies is important for all people, but especially for ...
Education
Apr 26, 2022
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