Bushfire

New growth 2 years after the bushfire at Bogong, 2003.

Smoke from bushfires can cover a large area. This is eastern Victoria.

The city of Melbourne covered in smoke during the 2006-2007 bushfire season.

An Australian bustard searching for food behind a bushfire.

Ladysmith NSW RFS fire fighting tanker

A bushfire is a wildfire that happens mostly in the Australian bush. Bush is the word for scrub, woodland or grassland of Australia and New Zealand. In south east and south west of Australia, bushfires are most common in the summer and early autumn. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually happen during winter which is the dry season.^[1]^[2] Many Australian plants burn easily. Eucalyptus trees have a high oil content which makes them burn.^[2] Over the last 40 years, Australian bushfires have cost around 2.5 billion Australian dollars. In the same period, Australian bushfires caused the death of around 250 people and the destruction of 4,554 homes.^[3]But these figures do not include the 173 people who died and the 2000 homes destroyed in the 2009 Victorian bushfires. They can also kill wildlife including rare koalas.

Bushfire Media

Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020. The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km²) of forest.
Wildfire near Yosemite National Park, United States, in 2013. The Rim Fire burned more than 250,000 acres (1,000 km²) of forest.
Global fires during the year 2008 for the months of August (top image) and February (bottom image), as detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite.
Lightning-sparked wildfires are frequent occurrences during the dry summer season in Nevada.
A surface fire in the western desert of Utah, United States
Charred landscape following a crown fire in the North Cascades, United States
Forest fires visible from a distance in Dajti National Park, Tirana, Albania
A dirt road acted as a fire barrier in South Africa. The effects of the barrier can clearly be seen on the unburnt (left) and burnt (right) sides of the road.
A wildfire in Venezuela during a drought
Average U.S. acreage burned annually by wildfires has almost tripled in three decades.
Video to explain how increasing ocean temperatures are linked to fire-season severity.
A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.

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References

↑ "Monsoonal Climate". Questacon. Archived from the original (html) on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2006-09-09.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The Bushfire Threat". Bushfire Weather. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
↑ "What is a bushfire". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

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[1] "Monsoonal Climate". Questacon. Archived from the original (html) on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2006-09-09.

[BW-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The Bushfire Threat". Bushfire Weather. Retrieved 2008-10-24.

[3] "What is a bushfire". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

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