Climate Change Made Spain Wildfires At Least 20 Times More Likely - Eos
Over the past two weeks, large wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have burned 255,000 hectares, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and created extremely poor air quality even hundreds of kilometers away. Though firefighters have now contained the major fires, a forecasted heat wave and windy weather are threatening to worsen the situation. Climate change played a role in creating the conditions for these fires to burn and spread, a new analysis has found.