Australian bushfire smoke detected over Antarctica for first time since black summer

Bushfires in the Grampians national park in Victoria have burned through more than 76,000 hectares of land and destroyed at least three homes. Photograph: State Control Centre

Smoke from bushfires in south-eastern Australia has been detected over Antarctica for the first time since the 2019-20 black summer fires.

Scientists detected the smoke particles at the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, a Chilean research station on King George Island, at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula.