Climate change could nearly triple Europe's wildfire area, study says

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2026-08-20

Potsdam, Germany (dpa) - Climate change could expand the area affected by wildfires across Europe by as much as 192% by the end of the century, according to a study published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology on Thursday. The international research team, led by Maik Billing of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), said the scale of the increase would depend on the extent of global warming. Wildfires are natural an......

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