11300 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/forest-fires-are-getting-worse-according-to-new-20-year-analysis/Fires are now causing 3 million more hectares (741,3160 acres) of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001, according to a newly released Global Forest Watch analysis which examined fires that burn all or most of a forest’s living overstory trees.2022-08-17T23:56+0200mongabay-1a50bda790d01c98cf8736540b71466820220817235600https://article.wn.com/view/2022/08/17/Forest_fires_are_getting_worse_20_years_of_data_confirm/Across Russia, Europe, Indonesia, the Amazon Basin, North America, Australia, and beyond, we have watched fires blaze across landscapes, causing immense damage to life and land. Now, a new analysis confirms what many have witnessed firsthand and in the news — forest fires are getting worse.2022-08-17T22:45+0200wn-33c681d688ecbefa9623d78664c1f5c120220817224500https://www.mycentraloregon.com/2022/08/17/forest-fires-destroyed-nearly-23-million-acres-of-land-in-2021-and-its-expected-to-get-worse-experts-say/Lucas Ninno/Getty Images. (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest fires are getting worse worldwide, according to a new report released Wednesday by....2022-08-17T19:43+0200mycentraloregon-76c44e3178df2c44bf622b90eea9de0220220817194300https://wingsenvironmental.com/forest-fires-erupt-around-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-in-ukraine-wildfires/Forest fires have erupted in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with Ukraine claiming that Russian control of the abandoned power plant is hampering efforts to control the flames. At least seven fires have been spotted within Chernobyl’s exclusion zone via satellite imagery taken by the....2022-08-17T10:59+0200wingsenvironmental-b2a831adadb4b0d0b167caa0f174182020220817105900