Why wildfires are getting more dangerous

By Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition

After more than a year of record-breaking heat, the peak of fire season is approaching across vast swathes of our green planet.

Lots of ecosystems have evolved to withstand regular fires and some are even nourished by it – there are, for example, plants that need flames to help them reproduce. However, rising global temperatures have spawned entirely new fire regimes. Not only does this make life more hazardous, it is also making climate change worse.

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~	The menopause can increase your likelihood of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension — but exercise can help lower risk

~	Grattan on Friday: Coalition backs Labor’s heavy lifting on aged care, hoping to reap the benefit down the track

~	Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution

~	Why are so many of England’s care workers migrants?

~	A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone

~	Free school meals are on the rise in the US − but that could change depending on who wins the 2024 presidential election

~	East is East, West is West − and Turkey is looking to forge its own BRICS path between the two

~	Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment

~	Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicine

~	Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility