Climate Change To Bushfires

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One very convincing point in favour of influence that climate change to bushfires is that climate change triggers the Forest Fire Danger Index(FFDI)(1.book; Luke and Arthur 1978). In 1967 Alan MacArthur , Climatologist developed the FFDI which is varies from 1 to 100 and it is subtle to wind speed, relative humidity and temperature changes(2.book :Dowdy et al. 2009). It is a fact that increase of temperature and dryness contribute to the upward trend of FFDI. On the basis of State of climate – 2016, by the CISRO and Bureau of Meteorology, daily FFDI point has increased since 1974 across Australia, especially in Southern and Eastern Australia, and each time the fire season has lengthened considerably.
And also, there is another side to

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