Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The likelihood of longer and harsher fire seasons will be discussed at an international bushfire research conference in Adelaide from today. There are 1,100 delegates at the three-day conference. An organiser, Naomi Brown, says climate change and water shortages are among the problems facing Australian firefighters. “[Also] major problems into the future – we have numbers of volunteers decreasing, people are moving into urban interface areas, which is a lot riskier,” she …