Professor Matthias Boer

Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University

Sciences & Technology

More fires as our air gets thirstier

Greater water demand in the atmosphere means an increase in forest fire risk – for at least an extra 30 days per year – without urgent and effective climate action, finds new research

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