The human cost of the bushfires still ranging in Australia has been immense but it has also recently been estimated that roughly (very?) a billion animals have died in these conflagrations (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2020/jan/22/why-it-could-take-a-century-for-australias-animals-to-recover-from-the-bushfires-video-explainer). It has been speculated that some unique mammals may take a century to recover their populations. This is making, of course, the very big assumption that they will have a century without widespread bushfires to recover in. That seems inherently unlikely.
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 24 January 2020
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