Year 12 Bushfire Season 2019-2020 by https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v en-us 2021-10-04 22:07:27 UTC 2025-10-09 14:20:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Australia’s devastating bushfires exemplify the growing number of climate-related natural disasters taking place around the world. library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790961042 2021-10-04 22:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790961042 Health impacts of the Australian bushfires library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790969592
 Exposure to bushfire smoke can cause respiratory complications, including breathing difficulties and coughing, due to the complex mixture of molecules in smoke.   These fine particles, can potentially pose a serious risk, especially for individuals with pre-existing conditions such as heart, lung diseases, asthma and diabetes, and those in vulnerable population groups such as the elderly, children and pregnant women. 

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]]> 2021-10-04 22:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790969592 library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790972151 After the bushfires: Addressing the health impacts 2020, Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences. ]]> 2021-10-04 22:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790972151 Bushfires, heat, smoke and hail storms: A breakdown of Canberra's extreme summer library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790974819 2021-10-04 22:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790974819 AFTER THE BUSHFIRES:ADDRESSING THE HEALTH IMPACTS library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790975961  • Bushfires have adverse effects on people’s physical and mental health. 
• Individuals are affected by direct exposure to the flames, exposure to extreme heat, prolonged smoke inhalation, contamination of waterways and food, and through trauma from the fires themselves. 
• The prolonged and widespread nature of the 2019–20 bushfires resulted in more people being affected by bushfire-related health issues than previous events. 
• Clearer and more consistent public health advice on how individuals and communities identify, manage and treat health impacts is needed, including targeted information and plans for vulnerable population groups. 
• Knowledge gaps need to be addressed if we are to better manage future impacts on human health, particularly in the context of climate change. 
• The scale and intensity of the 2019–20 fire season presents an opportunity to address these knowledge gaps. 
https://aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/after-bushfires-addressing-health-impacts.pdf]]> 2021-10-04 22:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790975961 At least a billion animals killed in bushfires library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790989533 Australia has lost devastating numbers of wildlife in the bushfire crisis this season, with current estimates of at least a billion birds, mammals and reptiles decimated. Then there's all the insects, bats, fish and frogs lost that haven't been counted in that figure. The loss of so many animals will affect how our forests and ecosystems regrow.]]> 2021-10-04 22:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790989533 Australia’s longer bushfire season library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790992788 2021-10-04 22:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790992788 Summer bushfires: how are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790994731 2021-10-04 22:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790994731 Loss of biodiversity, wildlife and livestock library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790996781 In January 2020, figures were released which estimated that approximately 1.25 billion animals were killed as a result of the bushfires. The animals affected by the bushfires included wildlife, domesticated animals and livestock. By late July 2020, this figure had been revised to approximately three billion native vertebrates.

This estimate accounts for 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds and 51 million frogs.  The rates of biodiversity loss and wildlife killed during the fires vary between the states and territories. For example, in Victoria, '170 species were affected, including 19 mammal species, 13 frog species, ten reptile species, nine bird species, 29 aquatic species and 38 plant species'.  In NSW, it is estimated that over 800 million animals were killed, and that the habitats of at least 293 threatened animals were affected by the bushfires

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Finance_and_Public_Administration/Bushfirerecovery/Interim_Report/section?id=committees%2freportsen%2f024518%2f73733]]> 2021-10-04 22:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1790996781 Fire seasons across Australia. library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1791000267 Bushfire Safety - Issues in Society, 2017, p. 5 https://daranet.daramalan.act.edu.au/send.php?id=32867]]> 2021-10-04 22:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1791000267 MANAGING LANDSCAPES FOR BUSHFIRES library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1791002006 Bushfire Safety - Issues in Society - p.41 
https://daranet.daramalan.act.edu.au/send.php?id=32867]]> 2021-10-04 22:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1791002006 library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1794821686 2021-10-06 00:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1794821686 Bushfire prediction tech to bolster emergency response efforts library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809272491 Australia will develop a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability under an agreement announced today between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and AFAC, the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services. They will be able to use Spark Operational, opening bushfire prediction opportunities across borders and over different landscapes.  The platform combines current fire behaviour knowledge with state-of-the-art simulation science to produce predictions, statistics and visualisations of bushfire spread, as well as simulating hours of fire spread across a landscape in a matter of seconds.]]> 2021-10-12 01:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809272491 Spark – A Bushfire Prediction Toolkit library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809287776  The development of Spark was motivated by the need for a flexible and configurable bushfire prediction toolkit. The system can incorporate as many or as few elements of fire propagation as required. Spark enables the simulation of hours of fire spread at a landscape scale in a matter of minutes. The system has been developed with the capability to be customised for use in risk management, planning, fire spread research, fire response and many more applications. 
https://research.csiro.au/static/spark/Spark_Brochure.pdf]]> 2021-10-12 01:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809287776 Bushfire predictive services library431 https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809291771 The ability to understand, predict, forecast and monitor bushfire is fundamental to improving resilience through better planning, preparedness, risk management and response. ]]> 2021-10-12 01:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/library431/sig3w1pyqrcdha4v/wish/1809291771