Forest Fire (6847 ha) in Australia 27 Jul 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1007683
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 27 Jul 2022 - 03 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6847 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Tackling air pollution at a global scale2022-08-12T05:16+0200.

In the 1960s, scientists across Europe began to notice that the rain was unusually acidic, denuding forests and poisoning lakes. They traced the problem to the sulphur-dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. And not just their own f
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Wildfires: A climatologist explains what you need to know2022-08-11T08:49+0200.

Wildfires have occurred on our planet ever since terrestrial plants began appearing over 400 million years ago, in the period of Earth’s history known as the Silurian. While certain regions are well known for them, such as Australia, Greec
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Copernicus: questo del 2022 è stato uno dei tre mesi di luglio più cal ... 2022-08-10T20:48+0200.

Copernicus, implementato dal Centro europeo per le previsioni meteorologiche a medio termine per conto della Commissione europea, ha pubblicato il bollettino climatico di luglio che riporta i cambiamenti osservati nella temperatura dell’ari
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Tendenze del mercato dei prodotti chimici antincendio, panoramica dell ... 2022-08-10T13:36+0200.

Si prevede che le dimensioni del mercato globale dei prodotti chimici antincendio registreranno una prolifica traiettoria di crescita a causa del frequente verificarsi di incidenti legati agli incendi sul posto di lavoro negli ultimi dieci
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),