I never thought I’d see the Australian rainforest burning. What will it take for us to wake up to the climate crisis?
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It is shocking to see such extreme and widespread fire weather conditions so early in the spring. In fact, this year the bushfire season actually started in winter, two months earlier than normal. Most alarmingly, some of these fires are occurring in subtropical and coastal areas that don’t usually burn.
Read this article from theguardian.com here.
The term ‘Rain Forest’ is generally thought of/envisaged as lush, tropical, humid, damp, thick with undergrowth, etc.
This is not necessarily the case.
We here in Victoria have ‘Rain Forest’ however, it doesn’t always meet many, dare I say most, of the generally thought of criteria.