A record-breaking hot and dry summer is impacting multiple European countries, as wildfires rage in Greece and France while the United Kingdom experienced its driest July in nearly two centuries. In Greece, water-dropping planes are being used to combat a major wildfire. Firefighters in France are working to stabilize a blaze in Provence. The UK recorded its driest July since 1935.
The European Union’s Copernicus climate service reports Europe is the fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average since the 1980s. This rapid warming appears to be exacerbating drought conditions and increasing the risk of wildfires across the region. No right-leaning outlets were among those reporting on this story.
The current situation leaves unsettled how these extreme weather events will affect European agriculture, water resources, and tourism in the long term.
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