Stunning images of cownose rays and Australia’s runaway bushfires are among the winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732973-300-rare-swarming-rays-and-australian-bushfires-win-top-photography-prizes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: Australian Bushfires
Rare herb devastated by Australian bush fires saved by seed bank
One of the largely unnoticed victims of the Australian bushfires earlier this year was clover glycine (Glycine latrobeana), a rare pea endemic to South Australia that has now been restored thanks to seeds kept at Kew Gardens Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238643-rare-herb-devastated-by-australian-bush-fires-saved-by-seed-bank/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Climate change made Australian bushfires more likely, says report
Australia’s recent devastating bushfires were made more likely by human-made climate change, an international team of scientists has found Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236188-climate-change-made-australian-bushfires-more-likely-says-report/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Australia’s fire-driven storms are pumping smoke into the stratosphere
Thunderstorms generated by the Australian bushfires are very likely to have pumped as much smoke into the stratosphere as a volcanic eruption Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2230017-australias-fire-driven-storms-are-pumping-smoke-into-the-stratosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…