Forest Fire (6867 ha) in Australia 02 Aug 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 1008080
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 02 Aug 2022 - 05 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 3
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6867 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Cambiamenti climatici: serve il sostegno ai paesi in difficoltà2022-08-14T17:59+0200.

di C. Alessandro Mauceri. I danni causati dai cambiamenti climatici nei primi sei mesi del 2022 sono impressionanti. Inondazioni, incendi e tempeste hanno causato perdite per oltre 65 miliardi di dollari. Questo senza contare i costi in ter
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Opinion Subscribers only Wildfires: 'We are in a real war with fire th ... 2022-08-14T05:16+0200.

Subscribers only From the south of France to the Mediterranean, from Siberia to California, from Australia to South America, forest fires are reaching an unprecedented scale. The weather (drought, heat and wind) is particularly unfavorable
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Carbon emissions, ozone pollution... How forest fires are suffocating ... 2022-08-13T15:39+0200.

Overheated, France continues to burn in the west. While the peak of the heat wave was reached on Friday August 12, with temperatures exceeding 41°C in the South-West, French firefighters – now supported by European reinforcements – continue
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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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