In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots. These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years
- Written by: Rick McRae, Adjunct Professor, School of Science at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
The bushfire outlook for many parts of Australia has changed drastically over the past decade. Environmental conditions have transformed, producing larger and more destructive bushfires.
The frequency of bushfires that alter the atmospheric conditions around them has also increased. Nowhere was this more evident than during the Black Summer...
