Knitting while Australia burns

A global biodiversity hotspot, Australia has reached a tipping point from which many of its forests may never recover. Record-breaking heat, drought and windy conditions have burned at least 10 million hectares. Halfway through the season, fires have persisted for months with no end in sight. Here,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature climate change 2020-03, Vol.10 (3), p.170-170
Hauptverfasser: Jager, Henriette I., Coutant, Charles C.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A global biodiversity hotspot, Australia has reached a tipping point from which many of its forests may never recover. Record-breaking heat, drought and windy conditions have burned at least 10 million hectares. Halfway through the season, fires have persisted for months with no end in sight. Here, the continent faces an exponential rise in future wildfire risk as the climate warms and dries.
ISSN:1758-678X
1758-6798
DOI:10.1038/s41558-020-0710-7