Australia’s bushfire season has grown by almost a month in 40 years, study finds
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#60YF7)
The season now lasts 130 days and will continue to lengthen even if global heating can be kept to 1.5C, researchers say
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Australia's bushfire season now lasts for 130 days a year and has lengthened by almost a month in the past four decades, according to new research.
In the south-east of the country, where forests and communities are still recovering from the unprecedented Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020, there are now 11 extra days where the risk of fire is at its most extreme, compared with the late 1970s.
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