‘Not as easy as one might imagine’: Poor visibility, wild animals hamper firefighting in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Efforts to fight forest and land fires in Central Kalimantan are “not as easy as we might…
Spain to launch biggest forest fire campaign after record losses last year, Sánchez says
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presented what he called Spain’s biggest-ever campaign against forest fires on Thursday after deadly…
Large forest fire burning in Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash, Kyiv says
Published on 08/05/2026 – 11:13 GMT+2 A large forest fire was burning through the Chernobyl exclusion zone on…
Wildfires in 2025 ravaged an area nearly half the size of Sicily: These EU countries bore the brunt
ADVERTISEMENT This year, wildfires across the EU have burned an area nearly half the size of Sicily, according…
How flash droughts driven by climate change sparked record wildfires in Spain
Published on 29/08/2025 – 9:52 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Flash droughts are rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous weather…
Fires in Greece: helping the animals
Published on 20/08/2025 – 22:16 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT One photo has made the rounds in Greece—it captures a man…
Albania and Bulgaria ask EU for help to deal with raging wildfires
ADVERTISEMENT Albanian fire brigades are facing dozens of fire fronts which are raging because of a combination of…
Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row
Vegetation like that in the Chapada das Mesas National Park, Brazil, is no longer removing as much CO₂…