{
  "id": 15759101,
  "title": "Ancient wildfire study offers warning for a warming world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ancient-wildfire-study-offers-warning-for-a-warming-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ancient-wildfire-world.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New research from the University of Aberdeen has revealed that periods of global warming can trigger long-lasting increases in wildfire activity, with ecosystems taking far longer to recover than previously thought. The study, recently published in Scientific Reports, provides the first detailed evidence of how wildfires responded to a major natural warming event around 65 million years ago, the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}