US EditionIt’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers
EUROPE, JUL 15 – Wildfires have burned 227,000 hectares this year, more than double the 20-year average, driven by rising temperatures and drier conditions linked to climate change.
- Europe faced a surge in wildfires this year, with 1,118 blazes detected by July 8, forcing evacuations in Mediterranean areas including Greece and Spain.
- Scientists attribute the rise in fires and heatwaves to climate change, noting that Europe's temperature increase since the 1980s has outpaced the global average by a factor of two, driven by greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Mediterranean region’s hotter, drier summers create conditions that exacerbate wildfire risks, prompting countries like Greece to assemble record firefighting forces and adapt tactics.
- Wildfires have burnt 227,000 hectares this year, more than double the typical area for this time, while experts warn heatwaves may have tripled death tolls in some regions across Europe.
- The U.N. urges greater investment in fire prevention through controlled burns and ecosystem restoration, as hotter temperatures and fire danger are forecast to persist across southern and eastern Europe.
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