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Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

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.

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

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Julian Siddle

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Mon 9 Mar 2020 01:32GMT

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