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    • Dr Tom Fairman

    Future Fire Risk Analyst, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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    Sciences & Technology

    Bushfires are changing the ‘hidden’ understorey in our forests

    New research finds that more frequent and intense fires are changing Australia’s forests, but to save the understorey, we need to change our approach

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    Sciences & Technology

    Why Australia’s severe bushfires may be bad news for tree regeneration

    Australia’s trees have evolved with fire, most needing some fire for renewal, but now our forests have had too much severe fire

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    Sciences & Technology

    Recurring fires are threatening the iconic snow gum

    Frequent bushfires in the Victorian high country have devastated the snow gum population, endangering the flora and fauna that depend on them for survival

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