Report finds prolonged heat led to spread of wildfires

from Morning Ireland · host RTÉ Radio 1

Dr Samantha Burgess, Strategic Lead for Climate in the Copernicus Climate Change Service, discusses their latest report which found that prolonged hot conditions in western Europe this summer led to the spread of extreme wildfires

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