Monitoring fire impacts on ground cover and sediment run-off in a northern GBR catchment / Howley, C., Blackman, K., Bock, E., Shellberg, J., Jones, B

"Tropical savannah landscapes are amongst the world's most flammable landscapes, and wildfire frequency across Australia is predicted to increase with climate change. Extensive burning within a catchment can substantially increase erosion, with the potential for significant effect on water quality and the health of receiving waters, including the Great Barrier Reef. A better understanding of what drives how catchments respond to different fire events will improve our ability to more accurately model sediment loads from northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments, where intensive wildfires are frequent and powerful monsoon rains contribute to high rates of erosion in some areas. In 2022, the Queensland Water Modelling Network commissioned a consortium led by Cape York Water Partnerships to develop a pilot methodology for monitoring the impact of fires on sediment run-off. This methodology is directly relevant to the Eastern Cape York region but may be applied in other regions." -- Publisher.