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A Combined Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Social Media to Create and Disseminate Bushfire Warning Contents to Rural Australia

open access: yesEarth, 2021
Bushfires are an integral part of the forest regeneration cycle in Australia. However, from the perspective of a natural disaster, the impact of bushfires on human settlements and the environment is massive.
Kithsiri Perera   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Fire Severity Mapping System for Australia

open access: yesBiodiversidade Brasileira, 2019
"Savanna Burning" methodologies to calculate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) are applied across the tropical savannas and rangelands of north Australia.
Andrew Craig Edwards   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Impact of Bushfire Smoke on Cattle—A Review

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
In 2019–2020, a particularly bad bushfire season in Australia resulted in cattle being exposed to prolonged periods of smoke haze and reduced air quality.
Benjamin Eid, David Beggs, Peter Mansell
doaj   +1 more source

Unrealised economic opportunities in remote Indigenous communities: Case studies from northern Australia

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, 2020
Building on unique Indigenous advantages for people living in remote areas, this study offers insights for innovative land-based economic opportunities across northern Australia.
Kamaljit K. Sangha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing the Effects of Wildfire and Hazard Reduction Burning Area on Air Quality in Sydney

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2023
Landscape fires emit smoke that contains particulate matter (PM) that can be harmful to human health. Prescribed fires or hazard reduction burns (HRBs) and wildfires can substantially reduce air quality in populated areas.
Michael A. Storey, Owen F. Price
doaj   +1 more source

Air pollution, human health and climate change: newspaper coverage of Australian bushfires

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2021
We examine 512 Australian newspaper articles published over a five-year period (2016–2021) that report on air pollution due to bushfire smoke and resulting human health impacts. We analyze to what extent these articles provide information on the possible
Martina K Linnenluecke, Mauricio Marrone
doaj   +1 more source

Gene expression programming and ensemble methods for bushfire susceptibility mapping: a case study of Victoria, Australia

open access: yesGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2021
Bushfire susceptibility mapping helps the government authorities predict and provide the required disaster management plans to reduce the adverse impacts from bushfires.
Maryamsadat Hosseini, Samsung Lim
doaj   +1 more source

Australia safer together - A new approach to reducing the risk of bushfire in Victoria

open access: yesBiodiversidade Brasileira, 2019
The threat of bushfire is rising significantly globally, with Victoria being one of the most bushfire prone areas in the world. Bushfire risk is significantly increasing with climate change already affecting the fire regime, with the likelihood and ...
Alen Slijepcevic
doaj   +3 more sources

Underground LoRa Sensor Node for Bushfire Monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The feasibility of an underground LoRaWAN bushfire temperature sensing node from the point of view of survivability in a bushfire event is considered. Thermal penetration into the soil is modelled using a one-dimensional analytical formulation for a semi-
Fastier-Wooller, Jarred   +10 more
core   +1 more source

The long-term impact of bushfires on the mental health of Australians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022
Background: The long-term health effects of bushfires include the potential to trigger new and exacerbate existing mental health problems. Objective: This review aimed to determine the prevalence of long-term mental health issues in Australian ...
Yanqin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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