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Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come

  • Written by Scott Hamilton, Strategic Advisory Panel Member, Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne

Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed in Victoria, including at Kilmore, Kinglake, Vectis (Horsham), Narbethong, Marysville, Strathewan, Beechworth, Labertouche (Bunyip), Coleraine, Weerite, Redesdale, Harkaway, Upper Ferntree Gully, Maiden Gully, Bendigo,...

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  1. Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it's gutted
  2. How a bushfire can destroy a home
  3. 70 years before Black Saturday, the birth of the Victorian CFA was a sad tale of politics as usual
  4. Dry lightning has set Tasmania ablaze, and climate change makes it more likely to happen again
  5. Ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica predicted to bring more frequent extreme weather

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