Extreme bushfires and the age of violent pyroconvection Professor Jason Sharples School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences UNSW (Canberra) Over the last few decades, Australia and other fire prone parts of the world have seen an apparent increase in the occurrence of large destructive bushfires, such as those experienced during the 2019/20 Black Summer. These fires defy suppression, consistently result in the loss of life and property, and further [...]