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Over a million hectares have been burned in the EU in 2025, the most affected being Spain and Portugal. Extreme temperatures and emissions have turned fires into more frequent and more devastating events, releasing heavy quantities of CO2. Smoking has affected air quality to France and the British Sea, and ecosystems and abandoned areas are now more vulnerable to future fires. Over a million hectares have been burned in the European Union this y…
Never before has such a large EU area been ravaged by wildfires since the European climate service Copernicus began measuring this. Spain and Portugal, in particular, are suffering severely from forest fires this year. This is according to an analysis by RTL Nieuws of Copernicus satellite data.
EU faces worst wildfire season on record
A record one million hectares – equivalent to about half the land area of Wales – have burned across the European Union so far this year, making it the worst wildfire season since records began in 2006. Spain and Portugal have been hit especially hard, with roughly 1% of the entire Iberian Peninsula scorched, according … The post EU faces worst wildfire season on record appeared first on Dateline Nigeria.
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