World heritage Queensland rainforest burned for 10 days – and almost no one noticed

When the rainforest was burning, the first thing we learned was that it can burn,’ says Leslie Shirreffs, chair of the Wet Tropics Management Authority, of the 10-day fire in far north Queensland.
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The blaze, which took place in an environment supposedly resistant to fire, is the clearest sign climate change has affected the tropics...A year ago, a black scar appeared on the far north Queensland landscape. Satellite images and photographs show the aftermath of a bushfire that burned in world heritage tropical rainforest for 10 days. Almost no one noticed when the Japoon national park caught fire...

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rainforest
world heritage
natural disasters
national parks
climate change
Australia