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"While southern Australia experienced a wet winter and a soggy spring, northern
Australia has seen the opposite. Extreme fire weather in October and November
led to bushfires across 120,000 square kilometres of southern savanna regions.
Significant fires continue to burn in the Kimberley, the Top End, Cape York and
the northern deserts. And while recent rain across the central deserts has
reduced the current fire risk, it will significantly increase fuel loads which
creates the potential for large wildfires in summer.
We are professional fire watchers. The lead author of this article, Rohan
Fisher, maps and monitors fires across the tropical savannas and rangelands
that comprise 70% of the Australian continent. The scale of burning we’re now
seeing astounds us – almost as much as the lack of interest they generate.
This continent’s fire ecology is poorly understood by most Australians, despite
recent significant bushfire events close to big cities. But as we enter the
Pyrocene age under worsening climate change, good fire knowledge is vitally
important."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
