Australia's fires have already killed 480 million animals. Seventy percent of the arsonists are Greta's age.

FIRES IN AUSTRALIA

There are two dramatic aspects to the emergency fires in Australia, a enormous waste of human lives and environmental resourcesThe first concerns the scale of the catastrophe. It is truly beyond all expectations. Since September 2019 alone, there have been twenty-five deaths in the various fires, from New South Wales to Victoria, from South Australia to Queensland.

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ANIMALS DEAD IN AUSTRALIA FIRES

Then there are millions of hectares gone up in smoke and 480 million animals (mammals, birds, and reptiles) disappeared, according to data from the University of Sydney, during 2019 and the very long fire season. Including 8 thousand specimens of the precious species of koala: basically 30 percent of the entire quantity of these wonderful little bears.

WATCH: Emergency workers on Kangaroo Island used water to soothe a koala burned by the Australian wildfires. https://t.co/anxe70WaJJ pic.twitter.com/TxQQTOGqrj

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WHO CAUSED THE FIRES IN AUSTRALIA

The second gruesome aspect concerns the culprits of the firesThere is certainly a global warming effect, which here too is putting the environmental balance at risk, creating a context that is no longer sustainable. But first of all there is the criminal hand of man. Or rather: of kids.

Extensive investigations across the country have led to hundreds of arrests for arsonIt's as if we were in Calabria or Sicily during the summer. Seventy percent of those arrested are minors. And it's sobering that these professional arsonists are the same age as Greta.

In the cover image: Simon Adamczyk, wildlife rescuer from Adelaide, Australia (David Mariuz/Reuters)

THE RISKS WE FACED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE:

• In Iceland, a plaque commemorates the Okjökull glacier, which disappeared due to climate change.
• Climate change threatens World Heritage sites like Venice and the Australian Great Barrier Reef.
• Climate, a new study published in Le Monde: warming stronger than expected
• Crazy climate and global warming: the bill is coming. From farm to table. Half-eaten olives and substandard oil, parmesan cheese and wheat at risk. Fruit that doesn't ripen (photos)