Forest Fire (16064 ha) in Australia 17 Apr 2024

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1019589
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 17 Apr 2024 - 23 Apr 2024
Duration (days): 6
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 16064 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Forest fires raze parts of India amid heat, dry weather2024-04-30T18:24+0200.

NEW DEHLI: Frequent fires are razing forests in India's Uttarakhand state in the north and Odisha in the east amid high temperatures and long dry spells, and the blazes have been worsened by people burning the forest to collect a flower use
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Agujeros persistentes de ozono exponen a las crías de foca y a los pol ... 2024-04-28T12:13+0200.

Cuando se forma el agujero, se duplica el índice UV, alcanzando niveles extremos. En los últimos 25 años ha comenzado a reducirse el agujero de ozono que cada primavera se forma sobre la Antártida. Pero en los últimos cuatro años, aunque el
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Los agujeros de ozono sobre la Antártida exponen a las crías de foca a ... 2024-04-28T08:36+0200.

En los últimos 25 años, el agujero de ozono que se forma sobre la Antártida cada primavera ha comenzado a reducirse. Pero en los últimos cuatro años, aunque el agujero se ha reducido, ha persistido durante un tiempo inusualmente largo. Nues
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Giardini e colonialismo. La storia di Mount Tomah in Australia2024-04-26T16:35+0200.

di Mount Tomah posizionato nelle Blue Mountains a 100 km a ovest dalla Baia di Sydney, si è trovato disorientato rispetto a una prima falsa partenza della nuova stagione, rilevando come le piante fossero altrettanto confuse. In questo stupe
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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),