Lake sediments show link between climate change and bushfires in Aussie Alps

University of New South Wales

Sediments in a lake near Kosciuszko may hold clues to plant conservation strategies amid rising temperatures and more frequent bushfires.

A small lake just five kilometres from the peak of Mount Kosciuszko has given scientists the best indication yet of the link between rising temperatures, loss of native plant species and more frequent fires in the Snowy Mountains.

In a study led by UNSW Sydney, climate scientists, biologists and engineers studied a core sample from the bottom of

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