Sentences with word «bushfire»

From the 600 fires that claimed more than 50 lives in Russia in 2010, to the series of major bushfires in Australia in 2013 that caused $ 9.4 bn of damage, wildfires affect much of the world's surface.

«The first Australians knew how to deal with [the risk of bushfires] through regular backburning.

Children and young people affected by bushfires in the Gippsland area have been supported through a range of community events led by RAV's Traralgon Centre.

In its 2011 report The Critical Decade, the recently abolished Climate Commission discussed the link between climate change and increased bushfire risk in a sober and careful manner.

a permanent national centre for bushfire research is needed with reasonable surety of long - term funding.

While the initial focus of Weather@home ANZ is on extreme events that occurred in 2013, simulations will also be performed for other years, allowing scientists to assess better the possible role of climate change in such events as the Black Saturday bushfires in Australia in 2009, the record rainfall event in Golden Bay, New Zealand in 2011 and the record rainfall events in eastern Australia in 2010 and 2011.

Each May Swaziland's Ezulwini Valley reverberates with song and the thundering sound of thousands of stomping feet and clapping hands, as Bushfire Festival goers dance to Africa's soulful tunes and most prolific voices.

ABC: Research into Australia's unique climate has proven invaluable in dealing with bushfires and other extreme weather threats, writes Fred Hilmer.

The comment followed talks about raging bushfires in Australia, and the fact that last year was its hottest on record - something others considered evidence of human - caused climate change.

Environmentalists on local councils have allowed roadsides to become conservation zones for native vegetation, raising the risk of intense bushfires on access roads and jeopardising residents» safety.

STT first reported on it on 25 January: Wind Power Setting the World on Fire: Infigen Sparks Devastating NSW Bushfire -LSB-...]

This may take time during catastrophes like bushfires.

Last year he denied the influence of climate change on increased bushfire intensity by quoting Wikipedia.

«Tony Abbott is making Australia an international laughing stock by continuing to deny the link between climate change and the probability of extreme bushfire conditions,» said Christine Milne, leader of the Greens.

As I outlined last week, scientists have been studying the links between bushfires and climate change for more than a quarter of a century.

According to a creeping conservative political correctness, it is allegedly improper to discuss the link between climate change and the increased risk of devastating bushfires like the ones still burning across New South Wales.

Sometimes, in a large bushfire event, there may be the possibility that some person or entity will be found responsible for starting the fire.

Wind farm company sued over bushfire caused by electrocuted crow The Australian Matthew Spencer 4 May 2017

«What it means for the Australian summer is an increased frequency of hot extremes, more hot days, more heatwaves and more extreme bushfire days and that's exactly what we've been seeing typically over the last decade and we will see even more frequently in the future.»

Extreme bushfire events are rare events and must be analysed according to the statistics relating to rare events; the breaking of a previous temperature record established 70 years earlier does not establish an underlying trend.»

However, Abbott dismissed with absolute certainty any suggestion that the recent bushfires in New South Wales could have anything to do with climate change.

The second series focuses on banksia pods — vital elements of a native Australian plant that spreads its seeds after bushfires, replenishing burnt soil.

Bree is passionate about the health issues affecting this part of Victoria which continues to bear the burden of its asbestos legacy and now experiences ongoing issues following bushfires and mine fires.

The vineyards have so far escaped the direct ravages of the worst bushfires for 30 years but winemakers fear their grapes may have fallen victim to «smoke taint», which results in wines that taste like an ashtray and can ruin an entire vintage.

Prior to this event, Australia has suffered from extreme drought in 1982 and 1983 now known as the Ash Wednesday Bushfire in southeast Australia that resulted in 75 casualties.

A dry, hot, bushfire ravaged south and a rainfall flooded north.

Within Australia, it has been predicted that northern Aboriginal communities will bear the brunt of climate change, with more than 100,000 people facing serious health risks from malaria, dengue fever and heat stress, as well as loss of food sources from floods, drought and more intense bushfires.

Times of higher bushfire risk also tended to happen during periods of El Nino, which in Australia is associated with hotter temperatures and less rain.

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There may however be limitations on whether or not fire damage includes bushfire damage and to what extent.

Extreme heat and high winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia on Friday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes in some of the worst conditions seen since Black Saturday in 2009.

What Black Saturday clearly demonstrated is the reverse: that despite accurate weather forecasts and significant emergency / bushfire planning and response, there is always the potential for large - scale life and property loss.

Dairy farmers are scrambling to save milk supplies while others are tallying significant stock and property losses after severe bushfires swept through the state's south - west.

Apart from the burning of wooden electricity poles and people's homes, large acres of farmlands have been destroyed by out - of - control bushfires over the years.

Then they move quickly to the accusation that it amounts to politicising a disaster to discuss the connection between climate change and bushfire at all.

With overheated bats dropping from trees and bushfires burning out of control, temperatures smashed records in many areas.

He pointed out that a big bushfire in Victoria took place 163 years ago, «when the planet was not experiencing any global warming.

Ezulwini Valley reverberates with music from around the world during the annual three - day Bushfire Festival, when some of Africa's most renowned musicians and performers take to the three stages.

Mercury is a heavy metal pollutant that can be released into the environment through volcanic eruptions and re-released from vegetation during bushfires.

In Australia, the reaction to the UWA announcement was no less intense than a New South Wales bushfire.

Professor Roger Jones, a co-ordinating lead author for a chapter in the next major IPCC report looking at climate impacts, has written about his own study into fire danger trends in the state of Victoria, which has already had a flush of damaging bushfires.

The state government will lay underground power lines in areas of the South West after the Yarloop bushfire racked up a $ 26 million damage bill to the region's electricity network.