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Similarities and Differences in the Forest and Bush Fires in Brazil and Australia
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Similarities and Differences in the Forest and Bush Fires in Brazil and Australia

Nothing has made Brazil more relevant in recent news and in climate change discussion than the fires in the Amazon Rainforest at the end of 2019. The ongoing crisis shows a stark comparison to other devastating wildfires in recent months. In particular, with the wildfires in Australia gaining a lot of momentum in the news,...

Australia’s Summer of Bushfire Disaster
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Australia’s Summer of Bushfire Disaster

Australia’s current fire season is one for the history books. As of mid-January official estimates are that 17 million hectares has been burnt. 80% of the world renowned Blue Mountains and 50% of the Gondwana Rainforest world heritage area has been lost (though, in a rare good news story, groves of prehistoric-age Wollemi Pines have...

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