Australia’s forests are finally doing better — but ‘underwater bushfires’ hit oceans hard
- Written by Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
David Clode/UnsplashGood rainfall across much of Australia in the past year has kept the vegetation green and rivers flowing. For the fifth year in a row, our national environment scorecard for Australia’s landscapes in 2025 rated them as “above average”.
Queensland had an exceptionally wet year. The Channel Country river systems...





