Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia's drylands

By Andrew Edwards, Research Fellow Bushfires, Charles Darwin University
Christine Schlesinger, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Charles Darwin University
Ellen Ryan-Colton, PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University
Greg Barber, PhD student, Charles Darwin University
Peter Jacklyn, NAFI Service Manager and Knowledge and Adoption Coordinator, Charles Darwin University

Grassfires are normal in central and northern Australia. But fast-growing invasive grasses are supercharging grassfires – and this summer looks like it will be big.

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