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Europe has descended into the age of fire
ArsTechnica   21 July 2022   Europe  
Enlarge / A firefighter stands by flames as a wildfire rages in the Monts d'Arree, near Brasparts, Brittany, on July 19, 2022.
<p>Europe is on fire: For days, temperatures have skyrocketed above 100&deg; Fahrenheit (38&deg; Celsius), shattering records and triggering huge wildfires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes. From Portugal to Spain to Greece, the flames have ...
Australia's Wildfires and Climate Change Are Making One Another Worse in a Vicious, Devastating Circle
TIME   07 January 2020   Australia  
A cemetery recently hit by bushfires near Mogo, New South Wales, on Jan. 5. Adam Ferguson for TIME
<p>The hot, dry conditions that primed southeastern Australia’s forest and fields for the bushfires that have been ravaging the country since September are likely to continue, scientists warn — and climate change has likely made the situation much worse.<br>Over ...
Why California's mudslides are so devastating
CNN   11 January 2018   USA   California  
Mudslides pushed boulders near a broken fence in Carpinteria on Tuesday.
<p>(CNN)Southern Californians can't get a break from nature. First, wildfires scorched a massive area northwest of Los Angeles. Now catastrophic mudslides have swallowed homes and killed at least 15 people.</p> <p>But a variety of unique factors have made ...
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