Climate Crisis Intensifies Wildfire Conditions Across Europe

Digested week: As wildfires rage, should I buy a helicopter or marry a guy with a bunker?

Plus, train toilet roulette, an astonishingly stoic hiker and the tradwife paradox As I read the headlines about Europe on fire, and imagine – or is it true? – that I can smell the smoke from the Suffolk wildfire that is currently encroaching on a nuclear power facility a county away from me, I gotta tell you – I’m remembering the wisdom of a friend who told me years ago that she wasn’t aiming to buy a house but a helicopter. “Because,” said Sarah, gesturing around us, “it’s going to be no go...

By Lucy Mangan

How did climate change fuel the wildfires ravaging Europe this summer?

A new study by researchers from the World Weather Attribution has found that human-induced climate change played a significant role in the wildfires that have gripped France and Spain in the past week. The hot and dry conditions brought about by climate change made the fires twice as likely in France and 20 times as likely in Spain the scientists found.

By FRANCE24

Climate change made 'fire-prone' weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say

Ongoing wildfires in Spain and France have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and scorched huge swathes of land.