Summer is on its way.
World record temperatures in July, 53.3 degrees celsius recorded at California’s Death Valley, Antarctica is struggling to freeze and an unseasonable warm winter in Australia.
We have already witnessed devastating fires in Maui, Hawaii. Fuelled by strong winds, dry vegetation and low humidity, the fire forced people to run into the ocean, cars and houses were burnt, and innocent lives lost. Wildfires have also ripped through Greece, Spain and Portugal and Canada. At one point 1000 fires were burning in Canada.
Australia is one of the most fire prone continents on the planet.
The 2019-20 Black Summer fires saw more than 24 million hectares burnt, 33 people killed and over 3000 homes destroyed. The factors that drove the Black Summer fires are linked to climate change, resulting in longer fire seasons and extended periods of drought.
Are we prepared for the upcoming fire season? And how do we manage the escalating problem of more frequent and severe uncontrolled fires due to a warming planet?
The Green Outlaw 