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Scientists predict frightening future under global warming

Source: 7.30 Report
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:25 AEST
Expires: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:25 AEST

In the past five years, huge uncontrollable bushfires have become an annual event, but a new CSIRO report says the catastrophes we've seen so far are just a glimpse into a frightening future. Scientists say we're about to enter the new age of megafires.

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Tags: disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, science-and-technology, anthropology-and-sociology, scitech-breakthroughs, ecology, evolution, geography, research, social-sciences, research-organisations, australia