Forest Fire (12240 ha) in Australia 24 Nov 2021

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1003523
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 24 Nov 2021 - 27 Nov 2021
Duration (days): 3
People affected: 1 in the burned area
Burned area: 12240 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 70 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

New CSIRO research shows climate change lights fires2021-12-06T01:20+0100.

New research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, shows climate change has driven a significant increase in Australia’s forest fire activity over the last three decades. A lengthening of the fire season towards Autumn and Winter w
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Clima: gli aumenti osservati nelle condizioni meteo per gli incendi es ... 2021-11-30T17:10+0100.

“Il clima e il meteo influenzano notevolmente gli incendi boschivi globali. Il clima influenza il tipo e la distribuzione della vegetazione e il meteo è uno dei principali motori dell’attività degli incendi regionali. Negli ultimi decenni,
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CSIRO: l’aumento degli incendi boschivi in Australia deriva dal cambia ... 2021-11-29T10:03+0100.

Una nuova ricerca del CSIRO, l’agenzia scientifica nazionale australiana, mostra che il cambiamento climatico ha determinato un aumento significativo dell’attività degli incendi boschivi in Australia negli ultimi tre decenni. Sono stati ide
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New Research Links Australia's Forest Fires to Climate Change2021-11-29T10:01+0100.

The research published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind and combines analysis of previous forest fire sites with eight drivers of fire activity including climate, fuel accumulation, ignition and management (prescribed burni
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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),