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CDU #researchers have developed a new site which generates animations of fires across #Australia. @rohanfisher.bsky.social said the Burn Area Animation Tool was developed because of a demand for #fire data. More here: go.cdu.edu.au/f3ga

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I launched this site with fire history animations from across Australia a couple of weeks ago. We released an update this morning, the site now 32 regions you can zoom into and download, providing a more detailed view of fire spread across the continent. Site link animation.landscapeknowledge.net

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2024 burnt area map graphics for Australia now available for download here. savannafiremapping.com/nafi-map-gra...

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I delivered this 3D printed Wheatbelt town fire sim to W.A. DFES. We developed this to support their training and outreach activities. The sim provides a tangible shared space to discuss the complexity of 🔥 behavior and management operations. 🖨️ every house and tree for projection augmentation

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New fire info site. I get a lot of requests for animations of previous years' 🔥 action, we built this site to bring together an archive of 🔥spread videos. It provides a free and simple way to view and download. Covers 80% of Aust, the part where 99% of 🔥occur: animation.landscapeknowledge.net

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More than 44,300 ha burnt through country west of Alice Springs including over the last week. Including a significant proportion of Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park.

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💥 New Zealand knows what’s up!!

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I'm so bored with the U S A youtu.be/2D-l1MauBmM?...

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AI: i shall conquer the world HUMANS: ok well we'll stop feeding you coal AI: fuck

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Oh! I see. We need "better models" That's all it is! After boiling lakes to rephrase the Internet at collosal cost and using all the data there is, all the AI universe brains need is better models. Like the OpenAI one that cant tell how many r's are in "strawberry" www.ft.com/content/b98e...

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An analysis by month over the last 25 years shows 🔥distribution across Australia's most flammable landscapes. Fire is not bad for the Australian environment, fire IS the environment. Fire is not good, nor bad, it is where we live. It is our responsibility to engage with it across our vast continent.

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Getting some fire history summaries together and putting 2024 in context.

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A quick animation of 2024 fires across Australia's most fire-prone landscapes. 485780 square km burnt. 45.57 million ha. What fire 'means' and its 'impact' is a matter of nuance and context. (LA fires 17 thousand ha).

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Great read. theconversation.com/ecology-of-f...

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A thoughtful meditation and reminder of the scale of the reforms needed.It's not just that people are moving into fire-prone lands; in Mediterranean Europe the problem is people moving out of fire-prone lands.It's not where you live but how you live on the land. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...

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An intelligent, nuanced look at the cause of the current 🔥 in LA. During these events there is often a quick jump to climate change as the primery driver. Whilst probably an important contributor 🔥 behavior is a complex mix of factors. A focus on climate alone will not reduce risks in the short term

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I had a great chat with Sabra Lane on the ABC Good news Pod Cast late last year about fire in Australia. Reposting here in the context of the LA blaze's. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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What's top news today is a matter of interest? ABC "Five dead, thousands evacuated as winds stoke 'unprecedented' LA wildfires" AlJezera "Israeli forces kill 50 in Gaza as fuel shortages threaten 3 key hospitals" ... mass murder or a fire impacts the super wealthy...

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Excellent work from the ABC story lab team: A planet-wide solar boom is beating expectations at every turn www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

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Madrid - telling it like it is...

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Art installation, carpets laid in public square near Rumi's tomb, Konya Turkiye. Carpets, symbolising threads connecting families, in this case connecting to families in Gaza.

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This is an important case. Pacific nations have been working for years leading into these proceedings. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Published this book recently with colleagues from Mexico: 3D Participatory GIS Manual de mapeo participativo con proyecciones aumentadas en 3D: Una metodología para innovar la creación de mapas con comunidades Free download here (Spanish only): publicaciones.ciga.unam.mx/index.php/ec...

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I had a chat with ABC (Sabra Lane) earlier in the week about fire in Australia for the podcast Bright Side. It came together well, worth a listen www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Something I wrote last year that provides some perspective on fire in Australia and some of the achievements of indigenous led fire management theconversation.com/painting-wit...

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Where do fires occur in Australia? I analysed NASA fire data for the last 23 years producing this map of frequency. Translating that into % burnt, SE +SW Aust make up less than 1%, 99.3% occurred across our desert, rangeland and tropical savannas.

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A week in the desert. Desert= a place of beauty, life and joy. Heart lands.

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At the IDA conference this week. Huge turn out from across desert country, ranger groups sharing their experiences working to keep our vast, beautiful desert lands healthy. I had a couple of 3D fires sims set-up for Savanna and desert country. Play the spinnifex game here Inkd.in/gxmQ7hZB

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Been at this down at beautiful Yulara/Uluru all week. Great story from ABC rural reporter about the critically important work being undertaken for all Australians by hardworking Desert Rangers www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

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Some very big 🔥 right now in remote country in the southern Cape - QLD. This image from a few days ago is around 225 km across showing most likely lightning ignition, This part of the Cape is prone to late dry-season fires. It carries solid fuel loads with few breaks.

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can't remember when have seen so few fires across the North this time of year. Wonderfull to see. Little left to burn across the Northern Rangelands after last year. Hoping we get more early rains will dampen remaining fires.

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The 2023 fire season Across Northern Australia was 9 times bigger than 2019-2020 black summer fires. Noticing and understanding these fires is important for the health of this nation - my latest in The Conversation. theconversation.com/vastly-bigge....

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Playing with fire. I wrote this with ABC part of my Top-5 residency. It explores my work w online simulation games that engage communities - weeds and 🔥 risk #buffel #Gamba. It marks the launch of the spinifex game we have developed with Indigenous Desert Alliance. www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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