The Latest Breaking News from Mark Parrington

A ‘perfect storm’ of heatwaves, drought and poor forest management has burnt 232,000 hectares of European land so far this year, experts warn.

About 200 fires are actively burning in Canada and have consumed about 19,900 square kilometres of terrain, most of it in the last week.

Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide

The multiple forest fires that have been raging in France since the beginning of summer have released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, according to satellite data, and fires in Spain in mid-July also helped break records for carbon emissions. Fuelled by global warming, the blazes are reducing the…