Professor Trent Penman

Professor In Bushfire Behaviour, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Sciences & Technology

Understanding how fire shapes plants will help protect them

A new approach predicts how plants respond to fire, helping scientists, land managers and the community protect thousands of species from biodiversity loss

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Environment

Facing the flames of complacency

Extreme heat and fires in the Northern Hemisphere should be a loud wakeup call for an Australia in El Niño and on the brink of a difficult fire season

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Environment

As we head toward summer, let’s rethink Australia’s bushfire risk

With wildfires and heavy smoke affecting the US and Europe, a new fire management framework can help Australia understand its risk

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Sciences & Technology

Why are our rainforests burning?

Many of us may think the wet, humid conditions in a rainforest makes them unburnable, but bushfires in Australia and the Amazon are proving otherwise

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Environment

Extreme weather: Why the impact will be felt more widely

As floods, heatwaves and droughts increase, how will they affect our lives and bring about change