Black summer fires: a veteran ecologist says Australia's bushfire modelling is flawed. Others disagree

Lives are at risk because of the way forest litter is estimated, a researcher says. But among some colleagues that's a controversial viewGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen it comes to what we know about bushfire behaviour, big questions remain unanswered.This week, the New South Wales state coroner, Teresa O'Sullivan, handed down a 734-page report after a two-year inquest into the black summer bushfires. She described fire prediction as an "inexact science", and said there was a degree of uncertainty in all the existing models used to forecast what would happen as the risk worsened with the climate crisis.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...