Australia’s bush fires got worse after British colonization — this is why
Researchers found that ending regular Indigenous burns helped turn open woodlands into denser forests and intensified fire risk, with high-temperature charcoals rising after the mid-19th century.
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The changes in land use resulting from British colonization of Australia would have amplified forest fires on the continent, according to a study. While the land would have been maintained by Aboriginal people prior to this period using regular burning practices in order to prevent large-scale fires, these [...] This article In Australia, colonization would have contributed to an increase in extreme forest fires appeared first on Trust My Scienc…
Colonial land-use change set the stage for Australia's bushfire crisis
A millennium-long sediment record from Croajingolong National Park shows that the end of Gunaikurnai cultural burning after British colonisation drove forest expansion and fuel loading that set the stage for Australia's catastrophic bushfires before climate change took hold.
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