Michael-Shawn Fletcher

Oct 30, 2024 | mdpi.com | Michael-Shawn Fletcher |Anthony Romano |Simon Connor |Alice Laming

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Sep 14, 2023 | theconversation.com | Luke Kelly |David Bowman |Ella Plumanns Pouton |Grant Williamson |Michael-Shawn Fletcher

Luke Kelly receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Natural Hazards Research Australia, and NSW Department of Planning and Environment. David Bowman receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Natural Hazards Research Australia, and NSW Department of Planning and Environment.

Sep 14, 2023 | au.news.yahoo.com | David Bowman |Michael-Shawn Fletcher |Grant Williamson |Luke Kelly |Ella Plumanns Pouton

People have been using fire for millennia. It is a vital part of many ecosystems and cultures. Yet human activities in the current era, sometimes called the “Anthropocene”, are reshaping patterns of fire across the planet. In our new research, published in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, we used satellite data to create global maps of where and how fires are burning. We calculated about 3.98 million square kilometres of Earth’s land surface burns each year.

May 31, 2023 | pursuit.unimelb.edu.au | Michael-Shawn Fletcher

Education provides opportunities for individuals and equips society to meet its challenges. Life expectancy, health outcomes and income generation all increase proportionately with the level of education a person receives. While the opportunity for education exists for all in Australia, the reality is that some sectors of our society are locked out of education pathways.

May 31, 2023 | pursuit.unimelb.edu.au | Michael-Shawn Fletcher

Education provides opportunities for individuals and equips society to meet its challenges. Life expectancy, health outcomes and income generation all increase proportionately with the level of education a person receives. While the opportunity for education exists for all in Australia, the reality is that some sectors of our society are locked out of education pathways.