Wildfires are now an escalating risk: here’s how the UK needs to prepare ahead of next summer
Wildfires are a growing issue in the UK, with incidents escalating in 2026.
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UK wildfires: prevention is more than a fire service issue
Preventing severe wildfires in the UK needs to be a political priority as climate change means they will be a growing problem.
Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger
Atmospheric dust storms often follow wildfires and have serious impacts on human health and ecology.
Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire‑resilient society that involves everyone
The most effective wildfire risk reduction happens long before the first 999 call.
Flames to floods: how Europe’s devastating wildfires are fuelling its next climate crisis
Fire-scorched land is less able to handle climate-driven downpours.
Wildfire risk is now spreading to cool climates like the Scottish Highlands and Irish uplands
Changes in ways of farming are part of the reason why wildfires are more likely this summer, even in traditionally colder climates.
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science
Satellites used satellite sensors to identify the 0.01% ‘most extreme’ fires worldwide.
Wildfires: what can the UK and other nations learn from Australia’s world‑leading fire response systems?
Australia has a well-established national wildfire warning system, so how does this compare with the UK’s approach?
Climate change: wildfire risk has grown nearly everywhere – but we can still influence where and how fires strike
Fire weather reason – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.
Extreme wildfires are turning the world’s largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net‑emitter
New research shows boreal forests comprised 23% of global wildfire emissions in 2021, up from 10% in a typical year.
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