How Europe Can Prevent a Repeat of This Year's Devastating Wildfires

Source: Science A wave of wildfires across Southern Europe has so far this year burned more than half a million hectares&mdash;an area equivalent to Grand Canyon National Park&mdash;far exceeding the area burned by August 2025, the worst year on record. Indeed, since the 1980s, the number of "fire weather" days&mdash;scorching, dry, breezy days&mdash;has more than doubled across much of the…