
Astronomy, Animals and Radio Waves
Dr Karl Podcast
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The Effect of Back Burning on the Climate
Blue shifting can be used to infer if a star has a planet around it. It also gives an insight into how big that planet might be relative to its star. Crystal, Dr Carl and Josh answer your questions on the climate change impact of First Nation traditional back burning in Australia. crystal: Cool burning or Aboriginal land management practices does actually reduce the fuel that fires have. If you don't burn the treetop canopy, you use cool flame, and you keep the country young - this is what I've learnt from my Uncle Victor Steferson. Backburning affects different areas depending on where they're going through El Nino, Big Wet Flood, or Triple-Triple Droughts.
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