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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment

Climate change made the extreme fire weather that fueled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, a new analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found 🧵 buff.ly/PZOfjdz

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment

31 июл., 13:38

Wet winters followed by dry springs are becoming a key driver of wildfire risk in the affected regions argue the researchers. They contribute to vegetation growth, which subsequently dries out and becomes fuel for fires.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment

31 июл., 13:38

The impacts of the fires were particularly severe, exposing large numbers of people to both the fires and widespread smoke.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment

31 июл., 13:38

In today’s climate, events of this intensity are expected to occur once every 20 years in southwestern France and once every six years in central Spain.

neveratrueword

1 авг., 07:30

I’m watching The Trick (2021) on PBS. A dramatization of how climate denial and the attack on science works. Sadly nothing has changed and the consequences remain the same. Food production collapse, large parts of the planet uninhabitable, sea level rise as the ice caps melt. Alarming then and now