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18/08/2018 GMT

Are Wildfires Really Burning More Land?

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Are Wildfires in the United States and Southern Europe burning more land than before?

A Twitter debate erupted recently over an article in the Economist about the number of wildfires. We take a look at the numbers to see whether they have increased or decreased in the US and Europe. As usual, the story is more complicated than first appears.

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