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Globally Popular Overland Walking Track in Tasmania National Park Evacuated and Closed Due to Intense and Rapidly Growing Bushfires
Tasmania’s World Heritage Wilderness Area and its ancient Huon pine trees are under threat as 17 rapidly growing bushfires ...
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Certain Tree Species Are More Susceptible to Death by Lightning
To explore this hypothesis, Richards and her colleagues used a combination of cameras, electrical field change meters, and field surveys to pinpoint lightning strikes and assess the damage to trees at ...
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Here is the worst thing to do during a lightning storm
Yes, standing under a tree in a lightning storm is extremely ... According to NOAA records, more people died from lightning strikes they received while out in the open than from any other location ...
Dry lightning strikes spark bushfires in Tasmanian wilderness areas
Thousands of dry lightning strikes have sparked multiple bushfires, some within remote national parks and wilderness areas, ...
Ensuring the future of the pines
VNP staff pleased with burn sites a year later ON NAMAKAN LAKE – An abundant pine cone crop this year mixed with prescribed burns conducted on several islands in Voyageurs National Park last ...