Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing
Researchers found burned area fell 26% while wildfire exposure rose nearly 40%, as climate change and population growth drive more extreme fires.
- Australia is bracing for an earlier bushfire season as the Bureau of Meteorology declared an El Nino event in June, driving higher temperatures and lengthening fire seasons on the east coast.
- NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Trent Curtin noted a positive Indian Ocean Dipole may develop through winter and spring, historically linked to Victoria's driest years and most significant fire seasons.
- Greg Mullins, a former commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, warned that climate change causes fires to behave unpredictably, with hotter weather drying soil and plants faster than before.
- Four local government areas—Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield LGA, and Clarence Valley—are bringing their fire seasons forward to August 1, two months ahead of the official October 1 start date.
- Proactive mitigation, including prescribed burns and public education, is essential as climate change intensifies 'fire weather' and human populations expand into combustible landscapes, experts say.
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Fire veterans fear Trump order pushing crews into danger as the West burns
As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month. Those extreme weather conditions fueled disaster in Eastern Washington Saturday when a fast-moving wildfire jumped the Spokane River and swept through neighbor…
Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics: extreme fires could put crews at risk
As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month.
“The media only shows when things are burning and leaves us poorly informed about climate change.” That message is currently being spread in various variations along with the claim that Europe burned less in 2026 than any other year between 2012 and 2025. But the graph being spread as evidence omits a crucial detail.
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