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Extreme Heat Wave Drives Record Global Fires as El Niño Looms, Scientists Warn
URL slug: Extreme heat wave conditions have driven record-breaking global fire outbreaks, burning over 150 million hectares since January. The Silicon Review reports on scientists' warnings that El Niño could trigger unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists are sounding an urgent alarm as extreme heat wave conditions and climate change have driven record-breaking fire outbreaks across Africa, Asia and other regions, with forecasts indicating the situation will worsen as the northern hemisphere summer approaches and El Niño weather patterns intensify . The World Weather Attribution research group reports that fires from January to April 2026 have already burned more than 150 million hectares of land, a staggering 20 percent increase over the previous record. The damage is unprecedented for this early stage of the global fire season. Africa has been hit hardest, with approximately 85 million hectares scorched 23 percent above the previous record of 69 million hectares. Scientists attribute this surge to rapid shifts from extremely wet to extremely dry conditions. High rainfall during the previous growing season produced abundant g...
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