Bushfires in Australia: a serious health emergency under climate change

作者：Pei Yu, Rongbin Xu, Michael J. Abramson, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo · 发表于：The Lancet Planetary Health · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1016/s2542-5196(19)30267-0 · 被引用次数：231 · 研究领域：Climate Change and Health Impacts、Disaster Response and Management、Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Australia is burning. Both New South Wales and Queensland have declared a state of emergency after seeing new record high in property losses during this fire season. Recently, “fires near me” has become Google's most searched words in Australia, with perhaps months of serious fire weather still to come. The unprecedented fire conditions have threatened lives and homes. At least 2·7 million hectares of New South Wales has been burnt since September, 2019, which was a much earlier start of the fire season than in previous years.