‘1 Billion Animals Killed’ in Australia’s Wildfires May Be Only the Beginning

Experts worry ecosystems devastated by this climate disaster may never recover

Drew Costley and Sarah Emerson
OneZero
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7 min readJan 9, 2020

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InIn Australia, bushfires have torched more than 21 million acres of land in the past four months. Fire officials regard it as the worst bushfire season ever seen on the continent: A combination of…

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Drew Costley and Sarah Emerson
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