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Couple stand at the ruins of their home after bushfire

How resilient is the insurance industry against climate change?

16 Dec 2020

New research finds there are several steps insurers can take to improve the way they assess and manage the impacts of climate change on the community.

Silhouette of construction workers lowering giant numbers of 2020 into place

Calamities, computers and CO2 – our most-read engineering stories for 2020

11 Dec 2020

Quantum computers, making greenhouse gases useful, COVID-19 infection from droplet spread and water security were some of the most popular engineering stories in 2020.

two scientists working on optical beaming of electrical discharge

New tractor beam has potential to tame lightning

20 Nov 2020

New research involving UNSW Canberra has the potential to mitigate bushfire danger and advance surgical techniques.

The threatened Southern Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus)

Surviving the flames: citizen scientists reveal frogs’ initial response to ‘black summer’ bushfires

28 Sep 2020

Many Australian frogs may not have been as devastatingly impacted by last summer’s fires as feared – but scientists need more data to assess the impact further.

Australian bushfire: Smoke from bushfires covers the sky and glowing sun barely seen through the haze. Catastrophic fire danger, NSW, Australia

Smoke-related health costs of 2019-20 bushfires estimated at $1.95 billion

22 Sep 2020

A study involving a UNSW medical researcher has estimated the smoke-related health costs of the 2019-20 fire season – and the previous 19 fire seasons.

A bushfire in the Australian outback

Climate change and the tyranny of psychological distance

03 Sep 2020

With last summer’s bushfires largely out of the headlines, has the psychological distance people might feel towards climate change increased?

Fireman conducting hazard reduction

Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – which could be bad for public health

30 Jul 2020

New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.

Bushfire haze

Bushfire smoke, pollution responsible for over 400 excess deaths

23 Mar 2020

Medical researchers have estimated some of the impacts of this summer’s bushfire smoke and air pollution on Australians’ health.

A man saving a koala in the 2020 Australian bushfire disaster.

After the bushfires: Let’s put the green back in the green and gold

02 Mar 2020

The 2020 Australian summer barely escaped the widescale bushfires that swept over the continent.

JW Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from UNSW Business School discusses the climate change debate and the positive economic impact of reconstruction and recovery, as affected communities rebuild.

Minaret limestone formations in Jenolan Caves, NSW

Caves face new unknown after unprecedented bushfires

26 Feb 2020

Caves are easily forgotten when fire rips through the bush, but despite their robustness the long-term impact of frequent, unprecedented fire seasons presents a new challenge for subsurface geology.

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