Endless bushfire haze: welcome to the autumn of the future

Tired of the seemingly endless bushfire haze over the city this autumn? Better get used to it.

Sydney's Opera House vanishes under
a haze of bushfire smoke.

Autumn is typically when NSW authorities step up prescribed burning to reduce fuel loads in forests and cut the threat from wild fires when temperatures climb again ahead of summer.

Climate and fire experts say the longer-term trends point to a lengthening bushfire season. Early signs suggest autumn and perhaps even winter will take a larger share of the controlled burning

Read Peter Hannam’s story in The Sydney Morning Herald - “Smoke over Sydney: Welcome to the autumn of the future.”