A rapidly warming world means more frequent and intense bushfires. And in Australia, the strengthening El Niño could create ...

Australia’s national bushfire outlook has been released for spring 2026, revealing that parts of seven states and territories will have an increased risk of bushfires in the next three months. Why ...

The Gold Coast Council said the new maps are being released to build public awareness rather than to drive changes in ...

The researchers found that colonialisation drove cascading changes: increased fire temperature, a four-fold increase in eucalypt cover, transformation from an open woodland to forest, and increased ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Clear Range fire burns near Bredbo North after overrunning the property of Lawrence and Claire Cowie on Feb. 1, 2020, near ...

New research reveals how British colonization transformed Australia's open woodlands into dense forests, increasing wildfire ...

As I hear reports of the fire tearing through the Hawaiian island of Maui, I feel utterly depressed. As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror—which has killed 36 people so far—is just the ...

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Researchers from the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, reconstructed the past 1,000 years of vegetation, fire and erosion in ...