Fires
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
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
Sciences & Technology
Reptiles are helping us better understand threats to Australia’s biodiversity
A new study explores how bushfires and land clearing are influencing the environmental preferences of some of Australia’s unique reptiles
Environment
Book extract
Black Summer showed we’re good in an emergency but bad in a crisis
Australia’s emergency response to bushfire is “exemplary” but we repeatedly fail to deal with the climate crises that cause disasters
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
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
Sciences & Technology
Book extract
Our Country, Our way
Wiradjuri man and geographer Associate Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher explores how Indigenous people and knowledge can save Australia’s environmental unravelling
Environment
How Australian wildlife live with bushfires - but the price can be high
The massive scale of these bushfires heightens the risk to animal populations and species - and as climate change bites the onus will increasingly be on us to protect and foster our wildlife
Arts & Culture
A blow to the heart of the City of Light
The fire that struck the 850-year-old Notre Dame cathedral has devastated Parisians, and many around the world, but the building has long withstood violence whether revolution or war
Environment
Podcast
Learning to live with fire
Fire. It’s a constant in the Australian landscape. But how we manage our bushfire risk isn’t just about the environment we live in, it’s also about changing our cultural attitudes to fire