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Science In Action: Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

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05/03/2020 GMT

Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

BBC World Service - Science In Action, Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

Fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.

An attribution study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.

Attributing Australia's bush fires, a major study says man-made climate change was a big driver – making the fires at least 30% worse than they would have been if natural processes were the only factors.

We look at preparations for coronavirus in Africa. Although cases there are currently lower than in much of the rest of the world a major training initiative is taking place to spread awareness amongst medics across the continent.

We ask why Horseshoe bats in particular carry coronaviruses, and find a novel idea for distributing vaccines in places without refrigeration.




(Image: Australian bushfires. Credit: Getty images/AFP)


Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Julian Siddle

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