More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
- Written by David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Almost 100,000 hectares of bushland in the northwest has burned to date. This includes the Tarkine rainforest and alpine ecosystems of Cradle Mountain that may never recover.
The situation has taken emergency services and land management agencies by surprise. The seasonal...





