Why Europe's Wildfires Are Getting Harder to Stop Climate change has been making headlines for years, but its effects are already being felt in devastating wildfires across Europe.
The latest spate of blazes, which have burned millions of hectares of land and forced thousands from their homes, is not just a result of a single spark or unfortunate weather conditions.
In France, Spain, Greece, and Turkey, the same pattern is playing out: wildfires breaking out almost simultaneously, fueled by heatwaves and droughts made worse by climate change.