An incendiary summer season

Summer is drawing to an in depth and Europe remains to be burning. 2025 marks the worst wildfire season within the historical past of the European Union, with multiple million hectares burned since January. Most of the harm occurred through the month of August, significantly in Spain and Portugal, the place warmth waves and drought have been particularly devastating. To date, each nations are nonetheless struggling to regulate large-scale fires. 

The remainder of the continent isn’t far behind, with fires devastating massive areas of Italy, Greece, France, and Romania. Several folks have been killed, with many extra injured and displaced. This additionally signifies that an enormous quantity of carbon dioxide has been launched into the ambiance, fueling the vicious cycle of CO2 emissions, rising world temperatures, forest vulnerability, and wildfires. 

This incendiary summer season offers yet one more demonstration of our quickly warming local weather. And whereas wildfire season is often concentrated across the summer season months, it’s set to elongate because the local weather heats up.