In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as the “black summer” bushfire disaster, left Australia reeling: More than 20% of the country’s forests burned. As a scholar of ...
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Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin—and Australia's attitude to disasters changed forever
Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...
Under the new Australia emergency alert system, alerts to be sent for bushfires, floods, biosecurity threats and other events which put lives at risk ...
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Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it
Almost half of all Australian properties are at risk of bushfire, while 17,500 face risk of coastal erosion. By 2030, more than 3 million will face riverine flood risk. Meanwhile, housing demand ...
Australia is facing increased destruction from natural disasters and seeing a growing number of endemic species threatened due to the worsening climate crisis. The Australian summer, running from ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The World War II shipwrecks scattered across Australian ...
Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...
Sally Baker receives funding from the Australian Refugee Council (Linkage: LP220100286) and the Australia Centre for Student Equity and Success to research on issues relating to refugee resettlement ...
Flash floods have swamped northeastern Australia, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns - Copyright COURTESY OF JONTY FRATUS/AFP ...
Vehicle-to-load tech is going to be a game changer in emergencies. The ability to power things simply using your car can literally save lives depending on the situation. One Australian company is ...
A lot of electric cars on the market have something called vehicle-to-load (V2L). It means power can be exported from the high-voltage battery, transforming the car into a mobile generator. In ...
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