[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the factors responsible for Australia's Black Summer fires of 2019/2020

N Levin, M Yebra, S Phinn - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The summer season of 2019–2020 has been named Australia's Black Summer because of
the large forest fires that burnt for months in southeast Australia, affecting millions of …

Empirical analyses of the factors influencing fire severity in southeastern Australia

D Lindenmayer, C Taylor, W Blanchard - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fire severity is a key component of fire regimes, and understanding the factors affecting it is
critical given the increasing incidence of wildfires globally. We quantified the factors affecting …

Ecological consequences of Australian “Black Summer”(2019–20) fires: A synthesis of Australian Commonwealth Government report findings

SJ Khan - Integrated Environmental Assessment and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the summer of 2019–2020, more than 15 000 wildfires burned up to 19
million hectares of forest and woodland regions across Australia. These fires culminated in …

Warmer and drier conditions have increased the potential for large and severe fire seasons across south‐eastern Australia

L Collins, H Clarke, MF Clarke… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The aims were:(1) to identify the environmental drivers of interannual variation
in wildfire extent and severity;(2) to examine temporal trends in climatic potential for large …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends

AI Filkov, T Ngo, S Matthews, S Telfer… - Journal of safety science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 2019/20 Australia's bushfire season (Black Summer fires) occurred during a period
of record breaking temperatures and extremely low rainfall. To understand the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] The 2019/2020 mega-fires exposed Australian ecosystems to an unprecedented extent of high-severity fire

L Collins, RA Bradstock, H Clarke… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme fire seasons characterised by very large'mega-fires' have demonstrably increased
area burnt across forested regions globally. However, the effect of extreme fire seasons on …

[HTML][HTML] The 2019–2020 Australian forest fires are a harbinger of decreased prescribed burning effectiveness under rising extreme conditions

H Clarke, B Cirulis, T Penman, O Price, MM Boer… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
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. The …

[HTML][HTML] What do the Australian black summer fires signify for the global fire crisis?

RH Nolan, DMJS Bowman, H Clarke, K Haynes… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 2019–20 Australian fire season was heralded as emblematic of the catastrophic harm
wrought by climate change. Similarly extreme wildfire seasons have occurred across the …

the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires

SM Davey, A Sarre - Australian Forestry, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In their review of prescribed burning in south-eastern Australia, Morgan et al.(2020) stated
that,'[t] he increasing extent and occurrence of wildfire disasters in south-eastern Australia …

Wildfire risk management across diverse bioregions in a changing climate

T Campbell, SD Bradshaw, KW Dixon… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Wildfire risk-management needs to consider interrelated factors that influence fire regimes,
including changing climate and sometimes conflicting stakeholder priorities. With wildfires …