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AUSTRALIAN Southern Oscillation
BUSHFIRES (ENSO) and are
exacerbated when there is
A lthough much of the a positive Indian Ocean
Dipole (IOD), especially in
the south east parts of the
Australian landscape is a
the frequency of bushfires continent which causes
increased by 40% between low spring rainfall. A
2007 and 2013 Fires are record-breaking drought
precipitated by hot, dry and through 2018 tied to an
windy conditions which ENSO and IOD and hotter
increase fuel loads and spread than average temperature
flames quickly once fire left much of Australia’s
ignites. In Australia, these ecosystems highly
weather patterns are strongly vulnerable to the
associated with the El Niño subsequent fires in 2019.
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