29 Jan 2020

As the climate has warmed, the cool mountain habitat of species in the Kosciuszko National Park is shrinking; bushfires have decimated a lot of what was left....

16 Jan 2020

Efforts by firefighters on the ground and in the air have saved the only known natural grove of the world-famous Wollemi pines from destruction during the...

13 Jan 2020

While parts of Australia are now beginning to rebuild after devastating bushfires, an inevitable part of that is clearing the debris, including ash and fallen...

9 Jan 2020

Experts are pleading for leaders to look at the science and not make kneejerk decisions when it comes to managing fuel loads for bushfire risk. Professor David...

8 Jan 2020

For two weeks over the holiday period, Canberra has had some of the world's worst recorded air quality due to bushfire smoke. Former meteorologist and...

3 Jan 2020

Climate Scientist Dr Joëlle Gergis asks if Earth system has now breached a tipping point in this opinion piece in The Guardian.

24 Dec 2019

As an uncontrollable wildfire took hold in Tallaganda National Park last month, it was soon apparent to ecologists that this was an unprecedented natural...

17 Dec 2019

As fires burn out of control in Australia, scientists warn the damage will have severe knock-on effects for the environment.

5 Dec 2019

The original wild specimens of the ancient Wollemi pine tree are safe for now as fires which have burnt more than 220,000 hectares continue throughout the Blue...

2 Dec 2019

What's the difference between back-burning and hazard reduction burning? And is it the solution to reducing bushfires? Professor Phil Gibbons explains the...

25 Nov 2019

More than 2 million hectares of mainly forested lands have been burnt along Australia's eastern seaboard in recent months – and the fires are still...

14 Nov 2019

Trees die, it's a sad fact of life. But how we manage their waste afterwards is a cause of concern. In this article, Fenner's Cris Brack argues that...