Europe’s heating climate sparks ‘major intensification’ of fires: Report
- Climate change has helped southern Europe’s likelihood of wildfires double since 1981, say researchers.
- Southern Europe is “becoming more flammable,” with the number of summer days featuring conditions likely to produce fires having more than doubled since 1981, according to a new report.
- The study, published on Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal, said that this “major intensification” of fire-prone weather is driven by climate change.
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- Climate change has helped southern Europe’s likelihood of wildfires double since 1981, say researchers.
- Southern Europe is “becoming more flammable,” with the number of summer days featuring conditions likely to produce fires having more than doubled since 1981, according to a new report.
- The study, published on Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal, said that this “major intensification” of fire-prone weather is driven by climate change.
Sources: Al Jazeera