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Potential radioactive toxicity and damage to habitat due to mine leaks. The proposed Honeymoon uranium mine was delayed for almost 20 years by campaigns involving unions, traditional owners and environmentalists. It opened in 2011 but then closed in 2013 due to a decline in demand for uranium. [133] Franklin Dam: Damming: Tasmania: 1983
Insects are the second costliest class of invasive species in Australia, behind only the mammals. Fire ants in Australia (Solenopsis invicta) are estimated to cost A$ 1.72 billion (2021) (equivalent to A$ 1.83 billion or US$1.33 billion in 2022) [38] annually, making up 71% of the total costs
The outlook for the season was below average in coastal parts of south-eastern Australia due to high rainfall associated with the continued La Niña climatic pattern. Elevated fire danger was forecast in Central Australia , inland New South Wales , western Tasmania , southern Queensland and Western Australia , particularly toward the end of the ...
On 22 November 2023, news articles stated that Western Australia should be prepared for a five-day heatwave throughout the state, reaching over 40 °C (104 °F) from 22 November 2023. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined. [5] At that stage, no foul play or arson was suspected by state police. [6]
Australia's last two fire seasons have been subdued compared with the 2019-2020 "Black Summer" of bush fires that destroyed an area the size of Turkey, killed 33 people, 3 billion animals and ...
The 2024–25 Australian bushfire season [a] is the current summer season of bushfires in Australia.At the beginning of the season temperatures had been above average to high above average for most regions, with parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland experiencing highest on record maximum temperatures for the winter period.
However, if food supplies are good and there’s plenty of cover for hiding, you can have 10 or more chipmunks per acre! Only the eastern chipmunk ( Tamias striatus ) lives in the Southeast.
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...