Wildfires in Spain signal growing climate risks for Europe, expert warns


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  • Friday, 22 Aug 2025

MADRID, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The devastating wildfires sweeping across Spain this summer should serve as a warning to the rest of Europe about the rising dangers of climate change, a Barcelona-based climatologist said on Wednesday.

"This is a warning to countries that have traditionally enjoyed temperate, cool summers... because these conditions of intense heat will increase in latitude and will reach these countries," Javier Martin-Vide, climatologist and professor of physical geography at the University of Barcelona, told Xinhua.

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