Australia Fires 2020 Acres

Aylin Woodward Shayanne Gal Jan.

Australia fires 2020 acres. Australia experiences fires during its summer which runs from December to March but this years crisis which comes on the heels of a heat wave and prolonged drought is unprecedented. Climate change has contributed to the devastation. Which has been hardest hit with nearly 9 million acres destroyed.

Australia faced a devastating start to itâ s fire season in late 2019 and things swiftly got worse before rains helped contain many of the worst fires in February 2020. As of Jan. In NSW the massive Gospers Mountain fire alone has burned more than 12 million acres making it the biggest forest fire in Australian history.

On 8 February 2020 the ACT Emergency Services Agency ESA stated that the. Nearly 20 million acres. 3 graphics reveal the unimaginable scale of Australias fires.

A t least 24 people have been killed as bushfires have burned more than 12 million acres in Australiaâ an area approximately the size of the US. In total more than 73 million hectares 179 million acres have been burned across Australias six states -- an area larger than the countries of Belgium and Denmark combined. Bushfires in Australia devastate 46 million acres.

Project leader Lily Van Eeden also from the University of Sydney said the new report looks into the effects of the fires over 1146 million hectares 2832 million acres. From the 45 million acres scorched during Australias 2019-2020 fire season to the record amount of carbon dioxide released from wildfires in Siberia half of which burned on carbon-rich peatland wildfires have gone from contained burns folded into the cycles of landscapes to catastrophes that wreak havoc on the lives of humans ecosystems and economies. The fires that plagued the Brazilian Amazon this year by comparison burned through 175 million.

At least 33 people have been killed - including four firefighters - and more than 11 million hectares 110000 sq km or 272 million acres of bush forest and parks across Australia has burned. Fires have scorched millions of acres of land across Australia since October destroying nearly 2000 homes and killing at least 27 people including three volunteer firefighters. From the beginning of September 2019 to February 23 2020 the Australian bushfires emitted 434 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.