bushfires
Australia’s colossal bushfires likely made La Niña worse, study finds
Environment
May 11, 2023
Australia’s colossal bushfires likely made La Niña worse, study finds
CNN — Smoke from Australia’s worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Niña weather event…
Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
World
May 25, 2020
Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
Victims of Australia’s catastrophic bushfires are still living in tents, garages and makeshift shelters months after the blazes ended, with…
Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
World
February 15, 2020
Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
Australia’s “black summer” of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled…
Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
Environment
February 10, 2020
Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A four-day downpour across Australia’s east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years…
At home with couple who saved baby kangaroos from the fires
Environment
February 7, 2020
At home with couple who saved baby kangaroos from the fires
WYTALIBA, Australia (Reuters) — Even as a fierce bushfire bore down on the rural Australian community of Wytaliba, Gary Wilson…
As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk
Science
January 31, 2020
As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk
Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and…
Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead
World
January 23, 2020
Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing…
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Environment
January 20, 2020
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Australia’s bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered…
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
World
January 20, 2020
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia’s east coast on Monday after “apocalyptic” dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas,…
Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
World
January 18, 2020
Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new threat of…