FIREFIGHTER numbers will need to double by 2030 as SA’s fire seasons start earlier and last longer, according to a new report. A Climate Council report says climate change is contributing to the ...

In the face of a super El Niño and climate change, new research emphasises First Nation practices to manage bushfire risk.

With a strong El Niño summer looming, modelling reveals fire seasons are 21 per cent longer than they were 50 years ago, cause $6b in damage a year, and 5.6 million homes are at risk.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A bushfire is bearing down on the sleepy seaside town where your family is spending the summer ...

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a “catastrophic fire loop” plaguing Australia’s southeast forests, a ...

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop", plaguing Australia's southeast forests, a new study has found. Researchers reconstructed the past millennium of ...

Predicting fire risks in Australia is becoming a "whole new ball game" for experts, but trends in weather can provide an indication of the areas most at risk. Recent weather anomalies, such as the ...

"Hard decisions" about the liveability of Victoria's fire-prone regions will have to be made, a new report on bushfires and climate change from the Climate Council warns, as parts of Victoria become ...

After storms hit Adelaide and the Northern Territory, IAG expects more frequent thunderstorms in the east while El Niño keeps ...