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Firefighters
across New South Wales are set for a moderate Christmas, with cooler
conditions to keep fire danger to a minimum.
Rain
is forecast for coastal NSW north of Newcastle on Wednesday, while
Sydney will have a 50 per cent chance of rain and a maximum of 26C.
Easterly winds will also shift a lingering smoke haze away from the
city.
Most
of coastal NSW is under 'low-moderate' fire risk, while only one
region - the northwestern region - is deemed at 'very high' risk.
"Firenado" Australia in HD- at actual speed
The
unprecedented bushfires devastating swathes of Australia have already
pumped out more than half of the country's annual carbon dioxide
emissions in another setback to the fight against climate change.
Fires
blighting New South Wales and Queensland have emitted a combined 306
million tons of carbon dioxide since August 1, which is more than
half of Australia's total greenhouse gas footprint last year,
according to Niels Andela, an assistant research scientist at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, US, and collaborator with
the Global Fire Emissions Database.
That
compares with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service's estimate
of 270 million tons in just over four months.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118453048/bushfires-release-over-half-australias-annual-carbon-emissions?cid=facebook.post
Mainland
Australia is bracing for a heatwave so intense it could rewrite the
history books, but it is not just the land that is sweltering.
Key
points:
- A heatwave that caused successive 40-degree days in WA is now heading east
- The heat has caused sea temperatures to rise markedly off the state's coast
- Fish kills attributed to the heat have been recorded from the Pilbara to the South West
- Western Australia's coastline is in the midst of the most widespread marine heatwave it has experienced since reliable satellite monitoring began in 1993.
The
warm waters are believed to have contributed to a number of fish
kills in the past month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-18/marine-heatwave-kills-fish-as-australia-faces-record-temperature/11808268
From November
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-04/annastacia-palaszczuk-announces-plan-to-open-thousands-of-hecta/11670866?pfmredir=sm
March 23, 2017
December 19, 2019
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-18/marine-heatwave-kills-fish-as-australia-faces-record-temperature/11808268
From November
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-04/annastacia-palaszczuk-announces-plan-to-open-thousands-of-hecta/11670866?pfmredir=sm
March 23, 2017
How
wide can a fire-break be in Queensland?
Getting
the answer wrong, despite receiving conflicting advice from several
different Queensland Government staff, has just resulted in a
Queensland landowner being forced to pay $999,780 in fines and costs.
That
figure – a record since Queensland’s Vegetation Management Act
came into effect in 1999 – incorporates a $276,000 fine and an
order to pay the Government $723, 780 in costs.
In
the wake of the severe punishment, which has left the landowner
devastated according to his legal team, landowners seeking to
undertake future clearing works in areas containing native
vegetation, even if for a firebreak, fenceline or road, are being
urged to urgently seek legal advice before starting.
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/qld-landholder-hit-with-record-1m-penalty-for-making-fire-breaks-too-wide/December 19, 2019
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