The risk of synchronous wildfires is rising – and help won’t be as likely to come from neighbouring countries busy with their own flames. The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy – ideal to spark extreme wildfires – has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing […]
Residents who return to their homes following wildfires may be unknowingly exposing themselves to harmful chemicals. The dangers of wildfires do not end when the flames are extinguished, and the long-term threat may be putting thousands at risk. Last year saw deadly blazes tear through Europe, burning more than a million hectares of land. This is four […]
Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility’. The Amazon rainforest has undergone its “most devastating” forest fire season in over two decades, despite a slowing trend in deforestation. A new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, published in Biogeosciences, found blazes impacted 3.3 million […]
A new study looks at trends in global wildfire frequency and damage costs. Wildfires are becoming more disastrous and costly, a new study reveals. Climate change makes natural environments more prone to wildfires. A new study, published in Science, shows how wildfires have become more frequent and disastrous in the past 44 years. Fire is a natural […]
Until now, scientists have struggled to reproduce this weather phenomenon in their models. Some wildfires are large enough and hot enough to create their own weather systems. Scientists estimate that tens to hundreds of storms created by these blazes occur around the world each year. The trend of increasingly severe fires, fuelled by climate change, […]
Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain. Weather conditions that fuelled deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change, new research has found. […]
