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Title BBC News at Ten - Wildfires 2023 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet BBC News at Ten Media type Television Duration/Length/Size 3 minutes 38 seconds Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/09/23 Description 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 with an upward trend in wildfire activity over the past 5 years for the UK. Producer/Author BBC News URL https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/clip/238465 Persons Gail Millin-Chalabi
Keywords
- Wildfires
- UK
- Canada
- Hawaii
- Greece
- California
- Portugal
- Romania
- Fire intensity
- Season
- Burned area
- trends