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France Gets Help From EU Partners as Wildfires Rage
Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday (11 August) to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest...
Wildfires in Europe Burn Second-Biggest Area on Record
Wildfires raging through Europe this summer have burned the second-largest area on record, even though the region is only halfway through its typical fire season, according to data from the European Union’s...
Number Of Wildfires Forecast to Rise by 50 per cent by 2100
Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent...
Devastating Wildfires Cause Record Emissions in Northern Hemisphere
Europe’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring a summer of extreme wildfires across the Northern Hemisphere, including intense hotspots around the Mediterranean basin and in North America and Siberia....
Governments, Smart Data and Wildfires: Where Are We At?
The ongoing bushfires in Australia have focused media attention on wildfires more generally and their link to biodiversity and habitat loss, as well as global heating.
We take a look at the some...
Why Are Wildfires Getting Worse?
California is currently in the grips of its deadliest wildfire while two others rage, in what has been its worst wildfire year on record.The Camp wildfire in the north of the US...
Greek Wildfires: Dry Winter and Strong Winds Led to Tinderbox Conditions
An unusually dry winter, with less than average rainfall interspersed with localised flooding in some areas, is emerging as a major contributing factor to the wildfires that are ravaging the mainland of...
The Arctic Is Burning: Wildfires Rage from Sweden to Alaska
There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reported Wednesday.
While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden has seen the most extensive Arctic fires, which...
David Suzuki: Wildfires Are a Climate Change Wake-Up Call
Wildfires are sweeping BC. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million—and the season...
Threat of wildfires expected to increase as global temperatures rise – UN
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has warned that wildfires could become more frequent and more destructive as global temperatures rise and drought conditions plague many regions of the...
Tree Planting in the Arctic Could Accelerate Global Warming, Scientists Warn
Tree planting is widely promoted as a cost-effective way to reduce global warming due to trees' ability to store large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. However, an international group of scientists...
How Far Have We Crossed Planetary Boundaries?
For thousands of years, during a period of climate stability and resilience of the Earth’s system, humanity has been able to advance in technological and cultural development. A report published by scientists...
July Sets New Temperature Records
Extreme heat hit hundreds of millions of people throughout July, with a domino effect felt right across society. July was one of the hottest - if not the hottest - month on...
Innovative Technology is the Key to Creating a Sustainable Future
The Siemens company published a global report on sustainable development for the fiscal year 2023, which pointed out that the development of technology is one of the key answers to the challenges...
EU prepares for the 2024 wildfire season
Summer is almost upon us. That means barbecues, beaches and ice cream, but the reality is, it also means bracing ourselves for the upcoming wildfire season.
That is why the EU has this...
In Europe’s Wild Carpathian Mountains, Prospect of Drought Rises
Stretching across seven Central and Eastern European countries, the Carpathian mountain range is home to some of the continent’s largest intact forests. It boasts nearly 4,000 plant species, as well as large...
