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Design Bushfire Selection for Bushfire Protection in Adaptation to Global Warming [PDF]

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
In this article, a risk based approach to design for bushfire protection in view of adaptation to global warming is discussed. The concept of design bushfire is explained in an analogy to design flood or design earthquake in terms of event of prescribed return period. In lieu of using the Global Climate Model, the current study is based on the analysis
Douglas, Grahame (R14881), He, Yaping (R11091)   +1 more
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Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings

Ecosphere, 2016
The revegetation of cleared landscapes with woody plants (termed “environmental planting”) has the potential to sequester carbon (C), provide habitat, and increase biodiversity and connectivity.
Meaghan Jenkins, Luke Collins, Owen Price, Trent Penman, Phil Zylstra, Bronwyn Horsey, Ross Bradstock   +6 more
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Mental Health Consequences of Adversity in Australia: National Bushfires Associated With Increased Depressive Symptoms, While COVID-19 Pandemic Associated With Increased Symptoms of Anxiety

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
High quality monitoring of mental health and well-being over an extended period is essential to understand how communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and how to best tailor interventions.
Hussain-Abdulah Arjmand, Elizabeth Seabrook, David Bakker, Nikki Rickard, Nikki Rickard   +4 more
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The 2019–2020 Australian forest fires are a harbinger of decreased prescribed burning effectiveness under rising extreme conditions

Scientific Reports, 2022
There is an imperative for fire agencies to quantify the potential for prescribed burning to mitigate risk to life, property and environmental values while facing changing climates.
Hamish Clarke, Brett Cirulis, Trent Penman, Owen Price, Matthias M. Boer, Ross Bradstock   +5 more
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Spatial Analysis, Interactive Visualisation and GIS-Based Dashboard for Monitoring Spatio-Temporal Changes of Hotspots of Bushfires over 100 Years in New South Wales, Australia

Buildings, 2021
The 2019–2020 bushfire season is estimated to be one of the worst fire seasons on record in Australia, especially in New South Wales (NSW). The devastating fire season ignited a heated public debate on whether prescribed burning is an effective tool for ...
Michael Visner, Sara Shirowzhan, Chris Pettit   +2 more
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Climatology of wind changes and elevated fire danger over Victoria, Australia [PDF]

Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 2020
Wind changes are a critical factor in fire management, particularly on days of elevated fire danger, and have been shown to be a factor in many firefighter entrapments in Australia and the USA.
Alex Chen, Timothy Brown, Sarah Harris, Graham Mills   +3 more
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Novel Digital Technologies to Assess Smoke Taint in Wine Using Non-Invasive Chemical Fingerprinting, a Low-Cost Electronic Nose, and Artificial Intelligence

Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2021
Climatic anomalies, such as heatwaves and bushfires, are increasing in number, intensity, and severity worldwide due to climate change. Bushfires are especially important in winemaking countries since smoke contamination can reach vineyards in critical ...
Sigfredo Fuentes, Vasiliki Summerson, Eden Tongson, Claudia Gonzalez Viejo   +3 more
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Air pollution and health outcomes: Evidence from Black Saturday Bushfires in Australia

, 2022
This paper presents new evidence of the causal effect of air pollution on Australian health outcomes, using the Black Saturday bushfires (BSB) in 2009 as a natural experiment.
Bandara, Jayatilleke S, Balasooriya, Namal N, Rohde, Nicholas   +2 more
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Establishing the adequacy of recorded acoustic surveys of forest bird assemblages

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2020
The use of programmable acoustic recorders to survey forest birds is increasing owing to a range of advantages over surveys conducted by human observers.
Michael J. M. Franklin, Richard E. Major, Michael Bedward, Ross A. Bradstock   +3 more
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The impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on the mental health of Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023
Background When COVID-19 spread to Australia in January 2020, many communities were already in a state of emergency from the Black Summer bushfires. Studies of adolescent mental health have typically focused on the effects of COVID-19 in isolation.
Joanne R. Beames, Kit Huckvale, Hiroko Fujimoto, Kate Maston, Philip J. Batterham, Alison L. Calear, Andrew Mackinnon, Aliza Werner-Seidler, Helen Christensen   +8 more
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