Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common

  • Written by: Tom Fairman, Future Fire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne
Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more commonSeverely burned forest following the devastating fire season of 2019 and 2020T Fairman

Eucalypt forests are well known for bouncing back after fire, and the green shoots that emerge from eucalypts stems as they begin their first steps to recovery provide some of the most iconic images of the Australian bush.

Resprouting allows trees to survive and...

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