Wildfires have burned 600,731 hectares in EU countries this year so far, ranking as the second-highest total for any year since 2006, when records began
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 Joint Research Centre.
This year’s burned area is more than double the size of Luxembourg. No other year in the dataset had seen such a high amount of burned land in Europe by August.Climate change is exacerbating fires, by increasing the hot and dry conditions that help them spread faster, burn longer and rage more intensely. Hotter weather saps moisture from vegetation, turning it into dry fuel – a problem exacerbated by shrinking workforces in some areas to clear this vegetation.
The JRC data covers wildfires bigger than 30 hectares, so if smaller fires were included the total burned would be even higher.
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