Assessing Australia's ecological disaster

A comprehensive graphical analysis of more than 1,400 species affected by the Australian fires highlights the areas, habitats and species hit the hardest.

The Reuters analysis of fires since September 1st 2019 shows the habitats of hundreds of Australia’s land mammals, amphibians and reptiles have suffered from the fires.

Many species, including some that are critically endangered, have seen large swathes of their environment destroyed. Some of these species have had the majority of their territory wiped out, raising fears of extinction.

Read more on the original article published on the Reuters website:

https://graphics.reuters.com/AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES-WILDLIFE/0100B5672VM/index.html