#115 The 2021 Greece Wildfire's Deployment of UKFRS with Dani Scott, Tracy Doyle & Joe Dennehy
Send us a textThe hills in the Athens suburbs of Greece are still lined with rows of burnt trees after fires ripped through the area in August 2021 as they experienced some of the worst wildfires on record. Forest fires are an annual occurrence in the Mediterranean, but various factors have caused stronger heatwaves and a longer, more intense, annual fire season. On average, 80% of the burned area across Europe occurs in the Mediterranean region, according to the World Wildlife Fund.This...