UNSW Bushfire News

Extreme fires drove biodiversity declines despite overall resilience after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season in NSW, a new study suggests.

Households need more support to implement alternative energy solutions to help manage outages during bushfires and extreme weather events. 

The upcoming bushfire season in Australia may be bad, but future years pose a more significant threat, says a UNSW bushfire expert.

A UNSW Sydney fire expert has warned bushfires could be fierce and widespread this summer and is encouraging people to be fully prepared as soon as possible.

Cold fronts can make bushfires worse, a startling consideration for authorities pondering the upcoming bushfire season. 

The research helps us understand how El Niño and La Niña will change as the world warms in the future.

Could plumes of smoke from the Black Summer of fire have cooled regions of the Pacific and triggered a La Niña? New research suggests it’s possible.

Two decades of satellite data have allowed us to map fires across the country and identify areas facing high fire risks.

Despite the popular and intuitive notion that people find climate change psychologically distant, a new review of the evidence shows that’s not the case at all.

Researchers focused on a site in the Illawarra region of NSW, which holds a unique record into the past.

A long-term study led by UNSW Sydney researchers has analysed older Canberrans’ mental health during the 2019/2020 bushfires.

Be prepared. Download an air quality app, stock up on respirators and stay inside if you can.

A UNSW Business School expert explains why rising insurance premiums are set to join other affordability pressures for Australians.

Australian rainforests and bird communities remain under threat following the catastrophic 2019-2020 bushfire season, new UNSW Sydney research shows.

A stalagmite in Western Australia has revealed regular, low-intensity fires before European arrival and infrequent, high-intensity fires afterwards.

A new AI-driven immersive visualisation system will help us address the new generation of extreme fires caused by global warming.

In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.

As the weather warms up, UNSW researchers name some of their favourite bushwalks and the ways citizen scientists can help them by collecting data along the way.