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Canberra pyrometric laboratory fire retardants

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UNSW Canberra pyrometric laboratory sets fire to protective clothing, car parts, building materials in bid to make them safer

It's not much bigger than a standard oven, but the burner box in this new pyrometric laboratory in Canberra can reach temperatures of 800 degrees Celsius.

Politics

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Pollution at Australia’s largest Antarctic research station exceeded guidelines for almost 20 years

Levels of contaminants such as arsenic and lead at Casey eclipsed international quality guidelines between 1997 and 2015, study finds.

Impacts

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The risk of watching California burn on TV

To watch the fires, even from a safe remove, is to watch the blazing spectacle of our hubris march forward under a rippling battle flag.

Politics

California's rich and desperate homeowners are buying an unproven wildfire cure

As climate change exacerbates fire risk, desperate homeowners turn to unproven fixes to protect their property.

Impacts

Climate change, weather anomalies are making wildfires harder to control

Freaky weather conditions unleashed by climate change and “never seen before” in Utah’s highlands are making wildfires more difficult and dangerous to control because fire managers’ experience is becoming increasingly irrelevant for predicting the behavior of blazes.

Impacts

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Monitoring water quality after wildfires

Researchers are just starting to study how blazes like California's devastating Camp Fire may contaminate watersheds.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

Hotter heat waves are sticking around as the planet keeps warming

Flood waters rising next to house boats.

Rising seas may erase land, but not national identity, legal experts say

Equipment pointing toward the sky to communicate with satellites.

Old satellites vital to hurricane tracking will soon stop transmitting data

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE

fire retardants

UNSW Canberra pyrometric laboratory sets fire to protective clothing, car parts, building materials in bid to make them safer

Pollution at Australia’s largest Antarctic research station exceeded guidelines for almost 20 years

The risk of watching California burn on TV

California's rich and desperate homeowners are buying an unproven wildfire cure

Climate change, weather anomalies are making wildfires harder to control

Monitoring water quality after wildfires

Hotter heat waves are sticking around as the planet keeps warming

Rising seas may erase land, but not national identity, legal experts say

Old satellites vital to hurricane tracking will soon stop transmitting data

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

Senate moves to gut clean energy tax credits as deal nears

UN climate talks face growing backlash over corporate influence and stalled action