Professor Noam Levin ( Professor of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) will be presenting this guest seminar. Abstract: Wildfires have been shaping Mediterranean ecosystems for millennia, however, in recent decades their occurrence and impacts have increased in Israel. While almost all wildfires in Israel are related to human activities, changes in fuel availability and climate […]
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The shocking image of a fire column, described as “the finger of the beast”, captured during a bushfire in Tasmania over the weekend has served as a reminder the island is in peak fire season — with one expert saying every summer without a catastrophe is a “blessing”. The danger in Tullah, in Tasmania’s northwest as […]
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ABC Hobart’s Leon Compton speaks with Prof. David Bowman, Director of the Fire Centre, and Sandra Wight, Director of Community Fire Safety at the Tasmania Fire Service about living in a bushfire-prone landscape in the context. Southeastern Tasmania appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change and developing new solutions to landscape management and incorporating new […]
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