Australia's Gondwana rainforests are some of the oldest ecosystems on earth. During the recent fire season, more than half of those forests burned — shrinking the refuge that hundreds of rare species call home.
Even some of the darkest, wettest parts of the Australian landscape burned during the country's fire season. The incursion of fire into these damp refuges alarms ecologists like Mark Graham.Even some of the darkest, wettest parts of the Australian landscape burned during the country's fire season. The incursion of fire into these damp refuges alarms ecologists like Mark Graham.Nestled in the mountains of eastern Australia are fragments of an ancient world.
"These are the deepest, wettest parts of the whole landscape, pure rainforest," he says."To see them burning... it was like this dissolution of the biosphere. It was like, 'this is not supposed to happen.'"
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