Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on.
When firefighters announced this week that all blazes in the hard-hit state of New South Wales were under control for the first time since September, the relief was palpable.
Over 30 people died...more than 3000 homes were destroyed...More than 1 billion mammals, birds, and reptiles likely lost their lives in the blaze.
Is this the END OF AUSTRALIA AS WE KNOW IT? Check out this incredible piece from the New York Times..read it while you're at work today, and you'll wonder whats next for Australia...behold the power of mother nature, because she just about wiped out a continent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/australia/fires-climate-change.html
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