BBCNEWS Weather World June 4, 2024 08:44:00
Sort of drought warning, with claims this could be the worst such event in 500 years. fires burned in the usa, too. global forest watch says the amount of tree cover being burned around the world has nearly doubled in the last 20 years. i'm joined now by dr mattjones, a climate scientist from the university of east anglia. and, matt, your research focuses on climate change and how that impacts the rate and intensity of wildfires. so how much has our warming world had an impact on wildfires? so, just to put things into perspective, our world is now about 1.2 degrees warmer than it was in 1750 â...