Marky-Mark
pfm Member
Muh like 4 Greta moar bruh. Meanwhile,
Stranger things have happenedBecause that's what politicians usually do.
Muh like 4 Greta moar bruh. Meanwhile,
Estimates of density were obtained from published studies of mammals in NSW and from studies carried out in other parts of Australia in similar habitats to those present in NSW.
The authors deliberately employed highly conservative estimates in making their calculations. The true mortality is likely to be substantially higher than those estimated.
Using that formula, co-author of the original report Professor Chris Dickman estimates that 480 million animals have been affected since the bushfires in NSW started in September 2019. This figure only relates to the state of NSW. Many of the affected animals are likely to have been killed directly by the fires, with others succumbing later due to the depletion of food and shelter resources and predation from introduced feral cats and red foxes.
The figure includes mammals, birds and reptiles and does not include insects, bats or frogs. The true loss of animal life is likely to be much higher than 480 million. NSW’s wildlife is seriously threatened and under increasing pressure from a range of threats, including land clearing, exotic pests and climate change.
If the current events in SE Australia don't do it then I'm struggling to see what will.
It's starting to look a little like collapse -
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/0...-have-no-capacity-to-contain-these-fires.html
Presumably billion.The animal death toll has been raised up to over 1 million. And that apparently doesn't include a lot of species - bats etc.
Yes, sorry.Presumably billion.