Climate Hazards 5.03: Hazard Case Studies : Australian Bushfires, 2019-2020

Media Articles

• BBC News: Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis

• National Geographic: Wildfires have spread dramatically—and some forests may not recover

• CBS News: Australian bushfires are creating “pyrocumulonimbus” thunderstorms that can start more fires

• UN Environment Programme: Ten impacts of the Australian bushfires

• CNN: Australian bushfires likely to happen again – and they could be even worse, inquiry warns

Research

• Filkov, A.I., Ngo, T., Matthews, S., Telfer, S., and Penman, T.D. 2020 Impact of Australia’s catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience 1 (1), 44-56. doi: j.jnlssr.2020.06.009

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