Research
Record-breaking 2025 Iberian fire season was three times larger due to climate change
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- The latest global State of Wildfires report, co-led by the University of East Anglia, found that the extreme fire-prone weather in Spain and Portugal in 2025 was three times more likely due to human-caused climate change.
- The report links the record 2025 Iberian fire season to climate change, and the headline states that the area burned was three times larger.
Why it matters
The findings quantify how human-caused climate change raises the likelihood of extreme fire weather, which helps scientists, planners and policymakers assess future wildfire risk in southern Europe.
Who’s affected
- wildfire scientists and researchers
- fire management agencies and policymakers in Spain and Portugal
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The latest global State of Wildfires report, co-led by the University of East Anglia, shows that the extreme fire-prone weather experienced across Spain and Portugal in 2025 was three times more likely due to human-caused climate change, and the area burned was three times…