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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Pei Yu; Rongbin Xu; Michael J. Abramson; Shanshan Li; Yuming Guo
Publication Date: 2020

[from the text] Australia is burning. Both New South Wales and Queensland have declared a state of emergency after seeing new record high in property losses during this fire season. Recently, “fires near me” has become Google's most searched words in Australia, with perhaps months of serious fire weather still to come. The unprecedented fire conditions have threatened lives and homes. At least 2·7 million hectares of New South Wales has been burnt since September, 2019, which was a much earlier start of the fire season than in previous years. The burned area is three times larger than 2019 fires in the Amazon (906 000 hectares) and is still expanding.

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Citation: Yu, Pei; Xu, Rongbin; Abramson, Michael J.; Li, Shanshan; Guo, Yuming. 2020. Bushfires in Australia: a serious health emergency under climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health 4(1):e7-e8.

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  • Australia
  • bushfire
  • climate change
  • PM - particulate matter
  • public health
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FRAMES Record Number: 60686