According to predictions measuring the effects of global warming, Australia counts among one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly extreme weather conditions threaten to impact destructively on environment, biodiversity, infrastructure and community.

During the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires considerable damage was caused at Lake Mountain, a popular winter destination 120 km out of Melbourne, Australia, changing the site forever. Lake Mountain is a long-term study of a scarred and transitioning Australian landscape.

All images ©Katrin Koenning