This week, we talk to Australian reporter Graham Readfearn, who's part of an incredible environment and climate team at The Guardian Australia that is putting together the remarkable series "After the bushfires." We discuss what scientists have discovered regarding the devastating impacts to Australia's wildlife, biodiversity, and natural habitat, and how Australians are coping with the back-to-back disasters now that COVID-19 has hit and another bushfire season looms. We also finish talking about Graham's incredible wildlife feature story about a love story that rose from the ashes of the disaster.

Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the New York Times' reporting on the flooding in Bangladesh.

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Further Reading:

Australia after the bushfires by Graham Readfearn

Life and death: what readers in Australia are seeing post-bushfires by Phoebe Weston and Guardian Readers

Australia's environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds by Lisa Cox

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Past Episodes on The Bushfires

Australia is Burning, Pt. 1 - The Wildlife Crisis (w/ WWF Australia's Dr. Stuart Blanch)

Australia is Burning, Pt. 2 - Widespread Damage and Misinformation (w/ Earther's Brian Kahn, and UNSW's Dr. Bin Jalaludin and Dr. Stuart Khan)

Dr. Michael Mann on the Australian Bushfires and Combating Climate Denial in Australia

Bushfires Breakout in New South Wales (w/ Peter Hannam of The Sydney Morning Herald)