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TopicAustralia bushfires

Topic: Australia bushfires

Australia’s bushfires could become the new normal, warn climate scientists

A review of 27 scientific papers published since 2013 reveals that there is a clear link between climate change and bushfires in Australia.

Indonesia’s sinking capital and over 1 billion animals dead in Australia

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Australian bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction

We estimate most of the range and population of between 20 and 100 threatened species will have been burnt. But we won't know till the fire stops burning.

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before, and could do it again

Humans have seldom, if ever, seen fires like these, but we know they've happened before – when the asteroid strike that killed dinosaurs sparked deadly global firestorms.

Australia’s bushfire crisis raises hard, inevitable questions

Once the immediate threat of these bushfires pass, bigger issues will have to be addressed, such as how to cope with the deep anxiety provoked by the fires.

Trump’s New Year misadventures, and a kangaroo caught in the Australian bushfires

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi offers ‘unstinted support’ to Australia as its PM postpones visit due to bushfires

Australian PM Scott Morrison also postpones Japan trip to stay close to the rescue operations, says will reschedule his visits soon.

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Gold prices jumped up 17% in the last 7 years. And it isn’t going to stop

Economic analysts around the world are pointing to significant changes in global monetary and financial conditions behind the surge in gold prices.

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

India looks to ink deal for 114 Rafale as early as next year, some to come in fly-away condition

The Standard F4 plus version will come equipped with longer-range air-to-air missiles (two) and air-to-ground munitions than currently in service with India, ThePrint has learnt.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.