In 2003, France experienced a heat wave that remains in our memories and a record number of hectares were burned in one summer. Scientists later calculated that the weather conditions of this period were more likely to occur every 10 years in the current climate, compared to 500 years before the industrial age. Heat, dry air, dry soils and flammability of vegetation due to lack of rain; these fire triggers will become more frequent with climate change. Only the wind regime seems to be unaffected by the current shocks.
“The danger of fires in Southern Europe will multiply by 2-3 by the end of the century.says Reno Barbero, a researcher at Inrae (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). But this scenario may be revised upwards depending on the amount of greenhouse gases that will be emitted into the atmosphere in the coming years. The edge of the Mediterranean Sea…
Source: Le Figaro
