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Colonial disruption of Indigenous burning worsened Australia's wildfires

Lake sediment analysis shows colonial expulsion of Indigenous communities transformed open woodlands into flammable forests, increasing wildfire danger.

2 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 7 Oct 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 7 Oct 2026. Nature published first, on 7 October at 00:00 UTC; New Scientist followed 15h 00m later. The most recent article, from New Scientist, appeared on 7 October at 15:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Nature (major outlet), New Scientist.

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  1. Australia’s bush fires got worse after British colonization — this is why Nature ·
  2. Australia’s current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change Nature ·
  3. Colonisation of Australia led to big increase in wildfire danger New Scientist

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