Bushfire research videos
View our short UNSW Bushfire Research Videos to learn more about bushfire behaviour and our research.
Undertanding and predicting firestorms
Australia’s Black Summer introduced many of us the phenomenon of the ‘pyrocumulonimbus’, otherwise known as a firestorm.
These fires are dangerous, unpredictable and so intense that they create their own thunderstorms, with strong winds and dry lightning.
Understanding these fires is and predicting extreme fires and firestorms is an integral factor in protecting lives, our communities and the environment.
Wildfire simulation
Dr Duncan Sutherland explains how we can use physics-based simulations to model how a fire spreads.
Bushfire hotspots
Honorary Professor Rick McCrae explains how we can analyse hotspot data to produce more accurate bushfire season predictions.
Urban bushfires
Dr Maryam Ghodrat explains how we can use research and modelling to better protect structures in bushfire prone areas.
Climate change and bushfires
Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick explains how as the effects of climate change worsen, we are seeing the severity and frequency of bushfires increase.
Learn more about bushfire processes, and their relation to firefighter and community safety, through our micro ‘Do you know’ series
Do you know about bushfire ember spread?
Tanvir Saurav is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying ember storms.
Do you know about bushfire spread
Sahar Masoudian is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying environmental uncertainty in bushfire spread models.
Do you know about Australia’s changing climate?
Professor Jason Evans is a Professor at the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, a group that works closely with UNSW Bushfire.
Do you know about bushfire ignition?
Ali Edalati-nejad is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying the effect of moisture content on ignition.
Do you know what causes a pyrocumulonimbus?
Wenyuan Ma is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying what conditions influence the occurrence of pyrocumulonimbus.
Do you know bushfire can create its own weather?
Caleb Wilson is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying the meteorological drivers of pyrocumulonimbus in Australia.
Do you know about Australia’s wildland urban interface?
Nusrat Mehnaz is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying Australia’s wildland urban interface.
Do you know about bushfire prediction?
Rick McRae is a visiting fellow collaborating with UNSW Bushfire, studying the monitoring of trends in fire activity and predicting extreme wildfires.
Do you know about deep learning-based wildfire spread?
Dr Anan Du is a postdoctoral research fellow working with UNSW Bushfire, studying deep learning-based wildfire spread and prediction.
Do you know about Australia’s wildland urban interface?
Nusrat Mehnaz is a PhD candidate affiliated with UNSW Bushfire, studying Australia’s wildland urban interface.