The scale of these Spain and France wildfires is striking

Justin RowlattClimate editor July is the heart of the Mediterranean wildfire season, so the fires in Spain and southern France are not in themselves unusually early. What is striking is the scale already reached. Spain has burned far more land than at the same point last year, while France says significant fire activity began several weeks earlier than usual and the area burned is already well above normal. Europe is the fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average, a