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Climate Change Fuels Europe’s Wildfires | Durham News
New studies confirm human-caused climate change dramatically increased the likelihood of Spain and France’s recent catastrophic wildfires—making extreme fire weather 20x more probable in Spain and doubling it in France. Over the past 26 years, severe fire conditions in Spain have tripled in odds, while France saw a 40% rise. A pre-fire study found extreme fire weather days in Southern Europe have more than doubled, overwhelming suppression efforts. The science is clear: these disasters are now happening more often and more intensely because of our fossil fuel emissions—and they’re only going…
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