Bushfires pose major leadership test for Scott Morrison
This bushfire disaster has posed a major leadership test for Scott Morrison. On Saturday, the prime minister announced a major federal intervention in the crisis,...
Australians in Wildfire Zone Face a Painful Question: Rebuild or Leave?
Price of Fireproofing Homes May Be Too Much for Some Refugees
Australia wildfires unleash millions of tons of carbon dioxide
Researchers are concerned that huge pulses of carbon emissions from devastating wildfires could overwhelm natural reservoirs that store carbon dioxide.
Inside the race to protect 250 threatened species hit by bushfire
In east Gippsland, wildlife officers from Parks Victoria and the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning have been scouring burnt land for injured...
Letter from the Fire (well Smoke) Front
I’m writing this at my desk in Canberra, the Australian national capital, whose air quality has beaten the worst in the world by 4 or...
Enormous ‘Megafire’ In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres
A pair of massive bushfires in southeastern Australia has merged into a "megafire" engulfing some 2,300 square miles — a single blaze more than three...
Australia fire crisis fuels protests calling for bolder action on climate change
MELBOURNE, Australia — The bush fire crisis gripping Australia is piling political pressure on its government to take bolder action on climate change, as the scorching of...
Update on a Catastrophe: Now more than One Billion Animals Dead Downunder
Sydney expert Professor Chris Dickman has revised his estimate of the number of animals killed in bushfires in NSW to more than 800 million animals,...