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Climate change is directly fueling Europe’s worst wildfires yet—researchers confirm extreme heat and dryness in France and Spain are now at least twice as likely in France and twenty times more likely in Spain due to global warming. This isn’t an isolated event but part of a worsening pattern, with record heat and drought creating tinderbox conditions that turn megafires into national disasters. Scientists warn these extreme fire weather events could become routine—every 20 years in southwestern France, every 6 in central Spain—driven by “weather whiplash” and fueled by our fossil fuel dependence. These fires aren’t bad luck—they’re a terrifying preview of what’s to come as our planet heats up.

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