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Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
- Wildfires are occurring four times more often now than in the 1980s due to climate change and human proximity to wildlands, according to a new study.
- The frequency of damaging wildfires has increased about 4.4 times from 1980 to 2023, as reported by Calum Cunningham, a pyrogeographer.
- Approximately 43% of the 200 most damaging fires occurred in the last decade of the study.
- Europe and North America have the highest number of economically damaging wildfires, with increasing extreme fire weather contributing to this trend.
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