Sitting a little above the more famous lake of Cradle Mountain National Park , Tasmamia – Dove Lake, is Wombat Pool. Some …
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A hollow tree stump at the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay, New Zealand. The inside of the stump (the wood is …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
The Immolation of Waimate Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIn the court case following the 1878 fire that virtually annihilated Waimate Bush, a witness described the wind conditions as “a hurricane” …
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A little over 700 years ago, humans finally discovered the last habitable place on Earth, Aotearoa-New Zealand (Wilmshurst et al., 2011; Mulrooney …
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Climate & Earth Systems
How to Thoroughly Confuse Everyone about Prescribed Burning in Australia
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIn the last couple of days, something of a ‘blue’ has developed among some Western Australian fire experts over ‘Prescribed Burning’ – …
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Did Queensland Rainforest Spread when Cultural Burning Stopped?
by Mike Poleby Mike Pole“This is the Giant Stinger tree – avoid it”. Work place health and safety now out of the way, I could then …
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Broken River is a Hell of a place to get to. From Christchurch you need to head inland, driving along the road …
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Climate & Earth Systems
Australia’s Black Thursday Fires 1851 – how big and why?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleHave you noticed? Despite Australia’s on-going fire disaster, there are no shortage of reports telling us to … relax – it’s nothing …
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Once again, the south east of Australia has had huge fires. But how can this be? Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, …
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Climate & Earth Systems
How You Can Predict Bushfires in Australia – Four Days Out
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleTomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …
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