BBC News at Ten - Wildfires 2023 - 03/09/23

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Wildfires 2023 news item by Science Editor Rebecca Morelle for the BBC News at Ten. Covers wildfire activity around the world highlighting wildfires are becoming more widespread and more intense. An analysis of how bad the wildfire season has been? Extreme fires in Greece were highlighted and Canada's worst wildfire season on record with large wildfires burning for months. The devastating impact of the wildfire in Hawaii and loss of life which is still not established makes this one of the deadliest wildfire seasons. Forest fires becoming more widespread and intense was highlighted by Stefan Doerr from Swansea University. Global fire season is now 27% longer and Gail Millin-Chalabi comments on where wildfires are occurring is changing taking place further north with an upward trend in wildfire activity over the past 5 years for the UK. 

Period3 Sept 2023

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Media contributions

  • TitleBBC News at Ten - Wildfires 2023
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC News at Ten
    Media typeTelevision
    Duration/Length/Size3 minutes 38 seconds
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date3/09/23
    DescriptionWildfires 2023 news item by Science Editor Rebecca Morelle for the BBC News at Ten. Covers wildfire activity around the world highlighting wildfires are becoming more widespread and more intense. An analysis of how bad the wildfire season has been? Extreme fires in Greece were highlighted and Canada's worst wildfire season on record with large wildfires burning for months. The devastating impact of the wildfire in Hawaii and loss of life which is still not established makes this one of the deadliest wildfire seasons. Forest fires becoming more widespread and intense was highlighted by Stefan Doerr from Swansea University. Global fire season is now 27% longer and Gail Millin-Chalabi comments on where wildfires are occurring is changing with an upward trend in wildfire activity over the past 5 years for the UK. 
    Producer/AuthorBBC News
    URLhttps://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/clip/238465
    PersonsGail Millin-Chalabi

Keywords

  • Wildfires
  • UK
  • Canada
  • Hawaii
  • Greece
  • California
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Fire intensity
  • Season
  • Burned area
  • trends