Climate change made France, Spain wildfire conditions far more likely, scientists say
Scientists said human-caused warming made the fire weather at least 20 times more likely in central Spain and doubled the odds in southwestern France.
- A study by World Weather Attribution found human-caused climate change significantly increased the risk of extreme fire weather that sparked devastating wildfires across Spain and France.
- Global warming made the hot, dry, and windy conditions at least 20 times more likely in central Spain and at least twice as likely in southwestern France.
- A wet winter followed by severe drought amplified the danger, creating a surge of vegetation growth that subsequently dried out and acted as heavy fuel for the blazes.
- In today's climate, fire weather of this intensity is expected every six years in central Spain and every 20 years in southwestern France.
- Scientists warned that land abandonment and forest composition exacerbated the risks, emphasizing the need for proactive landscape planning alongside traditional firefighting efforts.
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Scientists: Climate change made Spain, France fires more likely
Climate change’s fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week’s devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe’s burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude. Human-caused climate change made the hot and dry conditions responsible for Spain’s record-sized inferno 20 times more likely to happen, and it doubled the chances of extreme fire conditions for the flames in France, scientis…
In Spain and France, it burns as much as never before. However, according to a scientific estimate, this will become the new standard in the future. Climate change creates conditions that make such forest fires 20 times more likely in Spain.
It is expected that events of these will occur once every six years in the center of Spain. Fires have displaced about 300,000 people. They are said to be increasing impacts of anthropogenic warming.
Climate Change Made 'Fire Weather' in France, Spain More Likely
Climate change made 'fire-prone' weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say
Human-caused climate change made the extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southwestern France twice as likely, and made the conditions driving blazes in central Spain 20 times more likely, scientists said on Friday.
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