Since the spring 2018, a large part of Europe has been in the midst of a record-setting
drought. Using long-term observations, we demonstrate that the occurrence of the 2018 …

Summer fires frequently rage across Mediterranean Europe, often intensified by high
temperatures and droughts. According to the state-of-the-art regional fire risk projections, in …

Forest fires are a serious environmental hazard in southern Europe. Quantitative
assessment of recent trends in fire statistics is important for assessing the possible shifts …

Blocking occurrence and its impacts on European temperature have been studied in the last
decade. However, most previous studies on blocking impacts have focused on winter only …

Wildfires have significant impacts on global vegetation, wildlife, and humans. They destroy
plant communities and wildlife habitats and contribute to increased emissions of carbon …

Under the influence of global warming, heatwaves are becoming a major threat in many
parts of the world, affecting human health and mortality, food security, forest fires …

Climate has a strong influence on fire activity, varying across time and space. We analyzed
the relationships between fire–weather conditions during the main fire season and …

Societal exposure to large fires has been increasing in recent years. Estimating the
expected fire activity a few months in advance would allow reducing environmental and …

Southern European countries are particularly affected by summer wildfires and drought
events. The occurrence of extreme meteorological conditions during preceding and …

Wildfires have changed in recent decades. The catastrophic wildfires make it necessary to
have accurate predictive models on a country scale to organize firefighting resources. In …