Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but decreasing globally. Here’s why

It seems as if the world is afire this summer. But even as wildfires in Europe and North America grow more extreme, key worldwide burning statistics are at a record low largely because Africa and Asia are controlling fire more. Experts say these seemingly opposite trends are happening at the same time because of what h

What once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity​ all over the continent, and it will only get worse • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Spain has changed immeasurably since I arrived here 10 years ago to begin work as the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent. Over that time, the push

Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing  AP News

Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact

Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact

Firefighters in Europe are now being confronted with the sort of catastrophic conditions that have become more common in Australia over recent years.

Firefighters in Europe are now being confronted with the sort of catastrophic conditions that have become more common in Australia over recent years.

From record temperatures to thousands of excess deaths, four figures signify the scale of Europe's heatwave.

France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spain, where they have consumed more than 120,000 acres in what is now the most destructive fire in Spain’s recent history.