Rohan Fisher
@rohanfisher.bsky.social
North Aust NRM/fire scientist - supporting best practice land management. Landscape knowledge visualisation and sim innovation.
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Rohan Fisher
@rohanfisher.bsky.social
· Jan 28
An analysis by month over the last 25 years shows 🔥distribution across Australia's most flammable landscapes. Fire is not bad for the Australian environment, fire IS the environment. Fire is not good, nor bad, it is where we live. It is our responsibility to engage with it across our vast continent.
Australia's fire season for 2025 is pretty much over. Discussing this on Landline today. It's surprising to me how surprising this concept is. The narrative around fire in this county fails to engage with the vast and complex distribution of fire across our continent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Australia's fire season for 2025 is pretty much over. Discussing this on Landline today. It's surprising to me how surprising this concept is. The narrative around fire in this county fails to engage with the vast and complex distribution of fire across our continent.
A brief but neat mention of Australia's peak fire season (October) on Land Line today. ABC pulled the fire spread video from this lnkd.in/gwbtsMBV site I set up to provide updated and dwnloadble animations of the fire season. Seeing stuff used and being useful is a great motivator to keep on.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A brief but neat mention of Australia's peak fire season (October) on Land Line today. ABC pulled the fire spread video from this lnkd.in/gwbtsMBV site I set up to provide updated and dwnloadble animations of the fire season. Seeing stuff used and being useful is a great motivator to keep on.
Talked to ABC country hour today about the big fire season in the NT through October. The chat became short but neat story about the last few weeks of action. The hottest October on record, nowhere near the biggest fire year but still pretty big.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Eight million hectares burnt during record hot October in NT
Last month nearly 8 million hectares were burnt in the Northern Territory, an area bigger than the entire state of Tasmania.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Talked to ABC country hour today about the big fire season in the NT through October. The chat became short but neat story about the last few weeks of action. The hottest October on record, nowhere near the biggest fire year but still pretty big.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
..looking at the years' fire season for the Pilbara Ranger forum, and came across this just south of Roebourne. The 1st sat image from 27th Oct - 2nd the 30th, a beautiful example of how fire follows fuel and fuel follows water...but both 💧and 🔥need to flow through this country to keep it healthy.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
..looking at the years' fire season for the Pilbara Ranger forum, and came across this just south of Roebourne. The 1st sat image from 27th Oct - 2nd the 30th, a beautiful example of how fire follows fuel and fuel follows water...but both 💧and 🔥need to flow through this country to keep it healthy.
Appropriate tech.
educationhq.com/news/territo...
educationhq.com/news/territo...
Territory innovation: the 3D model bringing traditional knowledge and stories to life
A collaboration between Charles Darwin University (CDU) academics and Elders in Maningrida to share their traditional knowledge and ancient stories using multimedia and 3D technology has produced spec...
educationhq.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Appropriate tech.
educationhq.com/news/territo...
educationhq.com/news/territo...
2025 another big fire year in the NT. 25 millions ha burnt so far. 7.4 million of them burned over the past few weeks. Full reports available at nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
2025 another big fire year in the NT. 25 millions ha burnt so far. 7.4 million of them burned over the past few weeks. Full reports available at nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
I have been developing techniques for the automated assessment of fire events across Australia using NAFI (firenorth.org.au) data. These are the top 10 largest across Australia so far this year. 3 of them are > 1 million hectares (Terra-Fires, 100x mega fire). The year is not over.
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I have been developing techniques for the automated assessment of fire events across Australia using NAFI (firenorth.org.au) data. These are the top 10 largest across Australia so far this year. 3 of them are > 1 million hectares (Terra-Fires, 100x mega fire). The year is not over.
Trump replied. "I think we're just gonna kill people. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead.".... US murders (other country) citizens... AKA extra judicial executions... US citizens are upset he is building a ballroom. Hell nation...
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
'Bloodthirsty' Trump talks about extrajudicial killings after Nobel Prize snub
Pete Hegseth compared the presence of alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean and Pacific to the 9/11 tragedy, the most significant terror attack on US soil
www.irishstar.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Trump replied. "I think we're just gonna kill people. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead.".... US murders (other country) citizens... AKA extra judicial executions... US citizens are upset he is building a ballroom. Hell nation...
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
Why are so many people posting about something they have done or attended prefixing their post by 'l am grateful or honored' etc etc... why does it need to be about how they feel? ... this focus 'on look at me' is intriguing. See it a most on LinkedIn.
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Why are so many people posting about something they have done or attended prefixing their post by 'l am grateful or honored' etc etc... why does it need to be about how they feel? ... this focus 'on look at me' is intriguing. See it a most on LinkedIn.
Dozens of lightning strike fires across Australia's Western Deserts ATM. Sat images from a couple of days ago. Beautiful, complex and, at times, scary.
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Dozens of lightning strike fires across Australia's Western Deserts ATM. Sat images from a couple of days ago. Beautiful, complex and, at times, scary.
Yahoo news made a nice story from this:
au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i...
au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i...
Mega-blaze in outback rapidly moves 100km and creates own weather system: 'Never seen it'
An expert has tracked the source of this massive blaze. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Yahoo news made a nice story from this:
au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i...
au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i...
Massive fires east of Tennant Creek at the moment. This S2 image captured yesterday, fascinating to see how this blaze is creating its own weather on a couple of its fronts. This 🔥 has moved over 100km over the last few days. This time of year, so hot and dry and lightning-rich storms are abundant
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Massive fires east of Tennant Creek at the moment. This S2 image captured yesterday, fascinating to see how this blaze is creating its own weather on a couple of its fronts. This 🔥 has moved over 100km over the last few days. This time of year, so hot and dry and lightning-rich storms are abundant
2025 fire year-to-date. NOW is peak fire season for this continent. Some big fires over the last couple of weeks! View and download these animations here: animation.landscapeknowledge.net
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
2025 fire year-to-date. NOW is peak fire season for this continent. Some big fires over the last couple of weeks! View and download these animations here: animation.landscapeknowledge.net
Good turnout this arvo... Darwin N.T.
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good turnout this arvo... Darwin N.T.
NEW NAFI YEAR TO DATE QUICK REPORTING SITE.
Launching today, a new site that pulls in the NAFI burnt area mapping across 80% of Australia and provides a summary of what's going on in your patch.
ACCESS is here nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
Launching today, a new site that pulls in the NAFI burnt area mapping across 80% of Australia and provides a summary of what's going on in your patch.
ACCESS is here nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
NEW NAFI YEAR TO DATE QUICK REPORTING SITE.
Launching today, a new site that pulls in the NAFI burnt area mapping across 80% of Australia and provides a summary of what's going on in your patch.
ACCESS is here nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
Launching today, a new site that pulls in the NAFI burnt area mapping across 80% of Australia and provides a summary of what's going on in your patch.
ACCESS is here nafi-bam-data-map.lkvl.net
Dry lightning storms ripped through the Great Sandy, Gibson, and Tanami deserts a few days ago. Constrained by low fuel and previous burns, these desert fires are mostly small and really quite beautiful. Sentinel 2 imagery from Sunday.
October 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Dry lightning storms ripped through the Great Sandy, Gibson, and Tanami deserts a few days ago. Constrained by low fuel and previous burns, these desert fires are mostly small and really quite beautiful. Sentinel 2 imagery from Sunday.
750,000ha burnt across the NT over the last 5 days! This clip from yesterday - from the excellent Zoom Earth app. Mostly remote lightning strike fires. These fires can not be fought, these ignitions can't be controlled.
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
750,000ha burnt across the NT over the last 5 days! This clip from yesterday - from the excellent Zoom Earth app. Mostly remote lightning strike fires. These fires can not be fought, these ignitions can't be controlled.
A shit-ton of lightning strikes through remote Tanami and Great Sandy deserts resulting in a similarly shit-ton of ignitions. Will be keeping a close eye on them over the coming days.
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A shit-ton of lightning strikes through remote Tanami and Great Sandy deserts resulting in a similarly shit-ton of ignitions. Will be keeping a close eye on them over the coming days.
With potentially massive fires sparking up in the Central NT and WA deserts over the last few days I chucked this video together showing how to monitor their spread and asses their tradgectory using the North Australian Fire Information NAFI mobile app. Available on both Android and Apple
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
With potentially massive fires sparking up in the Central NT and WA deserts over the last few days I chucked this video together showing how to monitor their spread and asses their tradgectory using the North Australian Fire Information NAFI mobile app. Available on both Android and Apple
Yolgnu Power exhibition is a ripper. So so much power! NT art power house of the nation! Go see it if you get the chance. NSW art gallery...
October 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Yolgnu Power exhibition is a ripper. So so much power! NT art power house of the nation! Go see it if you get the chance. NSW art gallery...
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IPCC reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new #nuclear at #climate mitigation.
92.5% new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - with new nuclear nowhere.
New nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
92.5% new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - with new nuclear nowhere.
New nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
September 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
IPCC reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new #nuclear at #climate mitigation.
92.5% new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - with new nuclear nowhere.
New nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
92.5% new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - with new nuclear nowhere.
New nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
I had great fun yapping away about fire and complexity with Rick Hind yesterday on ABC radio Darwin. 1:21 in . A long sprawling chat, kept thinking we were done before getting another question. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I had great fun yapping away about fire and complexity with Rick Hind yesterday on ABC radio Darwin. 1:21 in . A long sprawling chat, kept thinking we were done before getting another question. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...