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As fires swept through from the west, the canopies of some of the state's most treasured national parks were engulfed. more than 18 months later, many of the burnt eucalypts are resprouting in a process known as epicormic growth. but in australia's harsh climate, with more frequent droughts, many will not survive. we know that one of our most stagnant to make ancient frogs have been almost entirely wiped out. all the leaf litter and organic matter in the forest floor burnt through. they lived within these permanently wet soaks in the forest. and they are now gone

Which is one of our most ancient frogs, have been almost entirely wiped out, because all the leaf litter and all the organic matter in the forest�*s floor and in the soil burnt through. and they lived within these permanently wet soaks in the forest. and they're now gone from areas that we know they once occurred. and they have lineages going back to gondwana. so we've lost, in a geological instant, tens of millions of years of biodiversity. that's what happened on our watch. and that's infinite sadness. these trees would have to be well over 500 years old, some are well over 1,000 years old...

There are whole areas where we knew that species such as sphagnum frogs, which is one of our most ancient frogs, have been almost entirely wiped out, because all the leaf litter and all the organic matter in the forest�*s floor and in the soil burnt through. and they lived within these permanently wet soaks in the forest. and they're now gone from areas that we know they once occurred. and they have lineages going back to gondwana. so we've lost, in a geological instant, tens of millions of years of biodiversity. that's what happened on our watch. and that's infinite sadness. these trees wou...

/PRNewswire/ -- The Science Unit of Lingnan University (LU) in Hong Kong has reported a novel form of reproductive behaviour observed in a native frog species,...

>> i left my fire out west. you study fires. what are the biggest differences? are they different or is a wild fire just a wildfire? >> there are differences. the fires in the east oak woodlands and leaf litter burning with flame length and moderate in terms of size. three, four feet but huge amounts of smoke. when you get that burning you get so much smoke and that certainly causes health impacts. in the west drier periods as you say in l.a. and other places, the fires to cause damage quickly so they there are some differences and differences at also commonalities. >> and the common point is ...