Europe is on pace to set a record for the extent of its wildfires this year. Since the beginning of the year, 1.6 million acres, an area equal to one-fifth of the landmass of Belgium, or more than eight New York Cities, has burned.
After a spring with 19% less rainfall than average in the European Union and U.K., followed by unusually early and intense heat waves, the European Commission’s Joint Research Center announced in July that a majority of the EU and U.K. were either atThese conditions, and the resulting wildfires, have been made more likely to occur because of climate change.
A firefighter walks near flames during a wildfire raging in the Monts d’Arrée, near Brasparts, France, on July 19. with some areas of ‘very extreme fire danger.’”Wildfires are not only caused by climate change, but they also contribute to it, as burning wood releases carbon dioxide. Wildfire carbon emissions have broken records in France and Spain, according to CAMS.
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