BBC NEWS - Daviot wildfire burns next to back garden amid power cuts

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The article uses a quote from Dr Gail Millin-Chalabi's interview on the BBC One's The Sunday Show "One of the things to bear in mind is we are seeing hotter, drier, longer summers in the UK and this was predicted back in 2013 when wildfire was first identified as a risk in the UK".

"We are seeing larger, more severe wildfires here. We had the largest number of burnt areas of 30 hectares or larger in 2022, with 151 in total for the wildfire season."

Period11 Jun 2023

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  • TitleBBC News: Daviot wildfire burns next to back garden amid power cuts
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletBBC News
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/SizeParagraph
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date11/06/23
    Descriptionhe article uses a quote from Dr Gail Millin-Chalabi's interview on the BBC One's The Sunday Show "One of the things to bear in mind is we are seeing hotter, drier, longer summers in the UK and this was predicted back in 2013 when wildfire was first identified as a risk in the UK".

    "We are seeing larger, more severe wildfires here. We had the largest number of burnt areas of 30 hectares or larger in 2022, with 151 in total for the wildfire season."
    Producer/AuthorBBC News
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65870378
    PersonsGail Millin-Chalabi
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute

Keywords

  • wildfires
  • peatlands
  • Scotland

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