European Wildfires Amplified by Emptying Countryside and Fewer Farms

Scritto il 29/07/2026
da Raymond Zhong

A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.Wildfire smoke from a fire burning west of Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday. The giant blazes in France and Spain are their largest on record.