{
  "id": 2112029,
  "title": "Area affected by wildfires in Europe could almost triple due to climate change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/area-affected-by-wildfires-in-europe-could-almost-triple-due-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-area-affected-wildfires-europe-triple.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions could substantially extend the area affected by wildfires across Europe, according to a new study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) with contributions from the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. In a low-emissions scenario (SSP1-2.6), the researchers calculate that roughly 39% more land would be burned per year by the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}