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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Kate Abnett

Wildfires in Spain, Morocco produce record-breaking carbon emissions

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a wildfire burning from the Valmediano eolic park, on the second heatwave of the year, in Spain, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

Wildfires in Spain and Morocco have produced more carbon emissions in June and July this year than in the same period of any year since 2003, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said.

Forest fires have swept through parts of Southern Europe and Northern Africa, killing hundreds of people, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes and pumping out plumes of health-damaging pollution and greenhouse gases.

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