LEGACY RESEARCH
Popular media from the Hub
A selection of news articles and opinion pieces (2018-2021)
Please see below a selection of links to articles either by Hub researchers themselves or involving quotes or interviews from Hub researchers. Hyperlinks are correct as of 2024.
Price, Owen F., Drought, wind and heat: when fire seasons start earlier and last longer, The Conversation, 2018
Hannam, Peter, ‘Rolling the dice’: Sydney faces challenging fire season, charts show, Sydney Morning Herald, 2019
Nolan, Rachael H., Can we cut carbon dioxide levels by simply planting more trees?, ABC - The World Today, 2019
Nolan, Rachael H., Sydney region now drier than before the 2001 ‘Black Christmas’ fires, Sydney Morning Herald, 2019
Nolan, Rachael H., Curious Kids: why does wood crackle in a fire?, The Conversation, 2019
Nolan, Rachael H., Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze, The Conversation, 2019
Cavanagh, Vanessa, Aboriginal Women and Caring for Country in NSW, Australia with Vanessa Cavanagh, Good Fire Podcast, 2019
Haynes, Katharine, Some people can’t or won’t get out of the way of fires – and that’s for them to decide, Sydney Morning Herald, 2019
Haynes, Katharine, In the path of disaster: The big causes of bushfires that most of us are missing, Sydney Morning Herald, 2019
Clarke, Hamish, Making friends with the Four Friends of Fire, Science at the Local, 2019
Penman, Trent D., A surprising answer to a hot question: controlled burns often fail to slow a bushfire, The Conversation, 2019
Bowman, David M. J. S., Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in, The Conversation, 2020
Bowman, David M. J. S., Australia, you have unfinished business. It’s time to let our ‘fire people’ care for this land, The Conversation, 2020
Bowman, David M. J. S., As bushfire and holiday seasons converge, it may be time to say goodbye to the typical Australian summer holiday, The Conversation, 2020
Bowman, David M. J. S., Wildfires: Australia needs national monitoring agency, Nature, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., ‘It is quite startling’: 4 photos from space that show Australia before and after the recent rain, The Conversation, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., ‘This crisis has been unfolding for years’: 4 photos of Australia from space, before and after the bushfires, The Conversation, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., Australia’s Fires Are Still Raging, And The Devastation Can Be Seen From Space, Huffington Post, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., Bushfire scientists call for Australia to set up national fire monitoring agency, The Guardian, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., How heat and drought created a tinderbox, ABC News, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., Yes, the Australian bush is recovering from bushfires – but it may never be the same, The Conversation, 2020
Williamson, Grant J., Bushfire Risk in a Changing Climate, That's What I Call Science Podcast, 2020
Bradstock, Ross A., ‘There’s still a lot of risk’: Wet weather hampers hazard reduction burns, Sydney Morning Herald, 2020
Bradstock, Ross A., How best to burn the bush to reduce bushfire risk, Phys.org, 2020
Nolan, Rachael H., Become a dead tree detective, Tenterfield Star, 2020
Nolan, Rachael H., Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?, The Conversation, 2020
Falson, Sarah, HIE research finds record fuel dryness was dominant driver of 2019-20 bushfires, Hawkesbury Gazette, 2020
Price, Owen F., Firestarters: The trees that burn and those that don’t, Deutsche Welle, 2020
Ooi, Mark K. J., Avoid over-zealous clean-up after bushfires: scientists, ABC AM, 2020
Ooi, Mark K. J., Can Aussie plants really recover from bushfire?, Boiling Point Podcast, 2020
Cavanagh, Vanessa, Grandmother tree, the fire and me, ABC radio, 2020
Clarke, Hamish, Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health, The Conversation, 2020
Clarke, Hamish, The Four Friends of Fire and Climate Change, Science at the Local, 2020
Ooi, Mark K. J., Once in a lifetime pink flowers emerge from burnt landscapes, Sydney Morning Herald, 2021
Ooi, Mark K. J., 5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season, The Conversation, 2021
Clarke, Hamish, What fuelled Australia’s “Black Summer” fires?, Cosmos Magazine, 2021
Clarke, Hamish, UOW’s Dr Hamish Clarke wins Tall Poppy Award for bushfire research, Illawarra Mercury, 2021
Clarke, Hamish, Science at the Local fires up for 2021, Blue Mountains Gazette, 2021
Clarke, Hamish, A staggering 1.8 million hectares burned in ‘high-severity’ fires during Australia’s Black Summer, The Conversation, 2021