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"For three years before the Black Summer megafires of 2019–20, cool season
rainfall in southeastern Australia was only half that of normal. When fires
broke out, intensely dry conditions helped them spread through areas typically
resistant to burning, such as wetlands and rainforests.
After the fires came three years of above-average rainfall, and scientific
reports charted rapid vegetation regrowth.
It’s easy to think the rains let nature repair itself. But is that the full
story? In our new research, we looked at what happened to seven severely burnt
plant communities in the Greater Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
We found a mixed picture. Wet sclerophyll forests supporting tall eucalypts
skirted by ferns recovered within five years. But Blue Mountains rainforests
did not recover from burns of any severity. Nor did grassy woodlands."
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
