Sentinel-2 detects changes in the way vegetation reflects light as it gains or loses moisture. The new tool translates these ...

Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set in, and officials warned some areas are “just at the beginning” of the devastating crisis.

There was no smoke, no heat and no sirens when an eastern Victorian brigade stepped into a fireground to prepare for the looming bushfire season. Instead, volunteers at Erica Country Fire Authority ...

But across the top half of the continent, the picture from the Northern Australia Fire Information shows that there are currently eight active fires with burnt areas larger than 100 square kilometres ...