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Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires

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Fig. 1: Annual burned area percentages for continental forest biomes (2000–2019).
Fig. 2: Forest area in critically dry fuel state, eastern Australia (1990–2019).

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This work was supported by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, via the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub.

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  1. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Matthias M. Boer

  2. School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China

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  3. Joint Research Unit CTFC–AGROTECNIO, Lleida, Spain

    Víctor Resco de Dios & Ross A. Bradstock

  4. Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

    Ross A. Bradstock

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Boer, M.M., Resco de Dios, V. & Bradstock, R.A. Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 171–172 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0716-1

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