Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well
- Written by Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los Angeles, California. For those of us living in Australia, one of the world’s most fire-prone continents, the LA experience feels all too familiar.
A “perfect storm” of several factors resulted in the catastrophic fires now burning in Southern California:...





