"It states that climate change driven primarily by the burning of oil, gas and coal has made the weather conditions that fueled the wildfires 40 times more frequent and 30% more intense. The analysis came from the World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming's role in extreme weather. The sheer size of the fires has "been astonishing", said Clair Barnes, one of the report's authors and researcher at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London."
"scorched more than 380,000 hectares in Spain and 260,000 hectares in Portugal. Together they accounted for two-thirds of burned land in Europe, which this year broke records by surpassing 1 million hectares, an area bigger than the island of Cyprus. While wildfires are a natural annual occurrence, intensified drought and rising temperatures are creating hot, dry, windy weather that makes them burn faster, longer and more ferociously. In Europe, as around the globe, they are becoming more frequent, intense and widespread."
Climate change driven primarily by the burning of oil, gas and coal increased the frequency and intensity of weather conditions that fueled the Spain and Portugal wildfires. The change made fire-fueling weather roughly 40 times more likely and about 30% more intense. Wildfires scorched more than 380,000 hectares in Spain and 260,000 hectares in Portugal, accounting for two-thirds of burned land in Europe this year. Europe surpassed one million hectares burned, an area larger than Cyprus. At least eight people died and tens of thousands were evacuated. Intensified drought, higher temperatures and dry, windy conditions made fires burn faster, longer and more ferociously.
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