Something else is out of control in Australia: climate disaster denialism | Ketan Joshi

Myths about the bushfires grow online before finding their way into the rightwing press and the mouths of politicians

The impacts of the climate crisis are now clearly manifesting in ways beyond rising temperatures. In Australia, the conditions for severe bushfires are occurring far more regularly (hot days, dry land and high winds). And the country is now suffering its most intense bushfire season ever. The quantity of land burnt, the smoke pollution impacts, the temperatures and number of homes lost are all breaking historical records.

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