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Glycine latrobeana

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Rare herb devastated by Australian bush fires saved by seed bank

One of the largely unnoticed victims of the Australian bush fires earlier this year was clover glycine (Glycine latrobeana), a rare pea endemic to South Australia that has now been restored thanks to seeds kept at Kew Gardens

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Australian bushfire

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Climate change made Australian bushfires more likely, says report

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Australia bush fires burned a globally unprecedented area of forest

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Australia bush fires burned a globally unprecedented area of forest

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Members of the IBAMA forest fire brigade (named Prevfogo) fight burning in the Amazon area of rural settlement PDS Nova Fronteira, in the city of Novo Progresso, Para state, northern Brazil, this Tuesday, September 3rd. Since the end of August Prevfogo has been acting with the assistance of Brazilian Army military. Bolsonaro government budget cuts since January 2019 have severely affected brigades, which have been reduced in critical regions such as the Amazon. (Photo by Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050

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Australian fires

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Australia’s fires are a wake-up call - let’s reduce fossil fuel use

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Sydney, New South Wales

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2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest year on record

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Smoke in Australia

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Smoke from Australia's bushfires has spread to South America

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Helicopter putting out a fire

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Sticky fluid can be sprayed on grassy verges to prevent wildfires

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Burning rainforest

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Beef-eating consumers are helping drive Amazon deforestation

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Aerial shot of the Amazon rainforest

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It's officially now the worst ever August for Amazon deforestation

The amount of Amazon rainforest being cleared in Brazil has hit a record high. But president Jair Bolsonaro is moving to ban the setting of fires for two months

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Arctic and Amazon climate tipping points put our future in doubt

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The pyrocene has begun: How to tackle a world of raging wildfires

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Record Amazon rainforest fires spark row between Brazil and France

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Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires

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