Clair Barnes reports that global heating has made hot, dry, and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely.
A scientific analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium has determined that global heating has made hot, dry, and windy weather conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely. The study, which includes research from Clair Barnes of Imperial College London, highlights that the climate crisis, driven by carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels, has significantly increased the severity of wildfires across Western Europe. These extreme conditions have led to devastating wildfires in Spain and France since early July, causing thousands of homes to be destroyed and forcing over 300,000 people to flee. The analysis used weather records to compare current conditions with a world before mass fossil-fuel burning raised global temperatures by 1.4C. thought<channel|>```json, {