Bushfire season has kicked in this year earlier than ever
before. Fires have been raging across northern NSW and Queensland.
And while climatologists have said the fires aren't
directly attributable to the climate emergency, it's quite
easy to do the math.
As Sydney University professor Dale Dominey-Howes
explained in the Conversation, "climate change is
increasing the risk of more frequent and intense fires". And
the professor noted that "the current emergency has
essentially exploded out of nowhere".
Australia is facing an abnormally hot and dry spring, experts
from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
have warned, as the Antarctic is suddenly experiencing an
unexpected heatwave: the strongest on record.
