National bushfire outlook puts areas of NSW and WA at heightened risk
To me, this looks like a setup for the kind of fire season Australia experienced in 2019-2020. But there’s plenty of time for nature to give us an off-ramp from that future. And I’ll certainly welcome that luck.
Warming winters are changing NZ’s landscapes, bringing insect pests, smaller fruit and carbon loss
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Flammability of native perennial grasses in temperate Australia is influenced by dryness, fire intensity, and species.
Habtamu Getnet Gessesse, Alex Filkov, @itsnotfairman.bsky.social @trentpenman.bsky.social & Lauren Bennett
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A dry winter in some parts of Australia is expected to make bushfire conditions "tricky" by spring.
Warmer winters mean insect pests like wasps will likely spread further, while weedy plants and rats invade alpine zones, shrinking the refuge for endangered birds.
Background. Grasses significantly influence bushfire behaviour in fire-prone landscapes, yet their contribution to flammability under changing climate and
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One of the busiest highways in the western U.S. is I-25, a concrete artery that runs north to south across the state of Colorado, funneling roughly 100,000 cars per day through the fast-growing exurbs...
Science is fun! Here are our #ECOL204 Molecular Ecology and Evolution students measuring shoot flammability on our #plantbbq at Lincoln University.
Also, nice to be working with fire on a chilly morning.
