It was a wildlife haven, a tourist magnet and an agricultural center — before half of it burned.
Tag: Wildfires
Australia’s Volunteer Firefighters Are Heroes. But Are They Enough?
The country relies heavily on civilians to contain its fires, but the monstrous blazes that come with climate change threaten to break the system.
3 U.S. Firefighters Die in Plane Crash as Australia’s Blazes Intensify
The disaster ended a brief lull in the country’s summer of deadly wildfires.
Why These Australia Fires Are Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before
More than 16 million acres have gone up in flames. And it has happened in populated areas, unlike most of the world’s other blazes of this scale.
Australia’s Wild Weather: First Fires, Now Baseball-Size Hail
Severe heat and dry skies have given way to strong thunderstorms in the country’s southeast, where giant hailstones destroyed cars.
Donations Are Pouring Into Australia. Now What?
As people around the world respond to the fire crisis, organizations find themselves trying to efficiently distribute tens of millions of dollars.
Watching the Beach Town of My Childhood Burn
The beach town of Mallacoota is mythologized in my family as the place we returned to every summer. I visited again after it was ravaged by fire, to find devastation, resilience and a warning about climate change.
Reducing Fire, and Cutting Carbon Emissions, the Aboriginal Way
As blazes rage in southern Australia, Indigenous fire-prevention techniques that have sharply cut destructive bushfires in the north are drawing new attention.
Wildfires Mar First Days of Play at Australian Open Qualifiers
Smoke from the fires shrouded the courts and caused one player to double over in coughing fits.
Why Is Air Pollution So Harmful? DNA May Hold the Answer
It’s not just a modern problem. Airborne toxins are so pernicious that they may have shaped human evolution.