Bushfires burned a fifth of Australia's forest: study

[Jim__]

From phys.org:

Australia's wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country's forests, making the blazes "globally unprecedented" following a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers said Monday.

Climate scientists are currently examining data from the disaster, which destroyed swathes of southeastern Australia, to determine to what extent they can be attributed to rising temperatures.

In a special edition of the journal Nature Climate Change, Australian researchers examined several other aspects of the blazes, including investigations into their extent and possible causes.

One study showed that between September 2019 and January 2020 around 5.8 million hectares of broadleaf forest were burned in New South Wales and Victoria.

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[Bayard]

1. Heartbreaking

Its not only all the forests that are dead now, but so many animals.....

[Duppers]

2. Indeed

Humans' blind selfishness is killing the planet's life.