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Australia's wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change
First reported Source: Phys.orgLast editorial activity
What happened
Research published today in Nature by University of Melbourne researchers, in collaboration with Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Corporation, reconstructed the past 1,000 years of vegetation, fire and erosion in Croajingolong National Park in East Gippsland, one of southeastern Australia's most fire-prone forests.
Sources & evidence
- Phys.org Reporting source
Australia's wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change ↗
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-australia-wildfire-crisis-linked-colonial.html