Here are links to various news, media and blogs that members of the team have contributed to.
If you want to get in touch about UK wildfires, feel free to reach out to team members
- 18th August 2022: BBC Arabic Algerian and European wildfires (Gail Millin-Chalabi, 2 min 57s in)
- 12th August 2022: Interview with GB News morning bulletin (Andy Elliott)
- 12th August 2022: Wildfires: Swansea University developing forecast system (BBC Wales)
- 11th August 2022: Catch up with Wales at Six (Gareth Clay, 4 min 6s in)
- 11th August 2022: UKFDRS project press release (Swansea University; University of Manchester)
- 9th August 2022: To rate wildfire danger, Britain looks to Canada (CBC News, Canada)
- 8th August 2022: The Leader (Evening Standard Podcast)
- 2nd August 2022: Record weather conditions made the UK’s destructive wildfires possible (New Scientist; paywall)
- 27th July 2022: The Heat (CGTN America)
- 25th July 2022: Fighting fires with wires: How drones, robots and artificial intelligence are helping emergency services tackle wildfires around the world – as blazes continue to break out across the UK (MailOnline)
- 25th July 2022: Strait Talk (TRT News)
- 21st July 2022: Heatwave Britain: How hot will it get? (ITV)
- 20th July 2022: Euronews (Stefan Doerr)
- 20th July 2022: BBC News UKFDRS Project (Gail Millin-Chalabi)
- 20th July 2022: London’s firefighters have ‘busiest day since Second World War’ as temperatures break 40C for first time (The Telegraph)
- 20th July 2022: BBC 5 Live, Nicky Campbell (Gail Millin-Chalabi, 43 min 20 s in)
- 19th July 2022: UK ‘not prepared’ for more frequent wildfires as climate change accelerates (The Big Issue)
- 19th July 2022: Contributions to Sky News, BBC news in response to extreme heat and wildfire conditions, including the Wennington fire
- 19th July 2022: BBC Newscast (Andy Elliott, 7 min 17 s in)
- 18th July 2022: Inside Story: What’s causing the current heatwave? (Al Jazeera)
- 30th June 2022: Climate change: wildfire risk has grown nearly everywhere – but we can still influence where and how fires strike (The Conversation)
- 9th May 2022: Climate change fuels surge in wildfires sparking concern of ‘devastating consequences’ if left unchecked (The Independent)
- 2nd April 2022: Earth ablaze: Are uncontrollable wildfires now a fact of life – or do we have the technology to put them out? (The National News)
- 29th March 2022: Talgarth firefighters tackle Llangorse grass fire (Wales Online)
- 28th March 2022: NHS board working with Government after fire engulfs ‘Anthrax Island’ (STV News)
- 27th March 2022: The scarred landscape left struggling to recover after 10-day wildfire (Wales Online)
- 29th October 2021: Climate change: Droughts and fires ‘may be features of Wales’ (BBC)
- 15th September 2021: Australian wildfires released more CO2 than annual emissions of Germany, say scientists (Channel 4 News)
- 19th August 2021: Europe seeks solutions as it grapples with catastrophic wildfires (Financial Times; paywall)
- 4th August 2021: Daily Climate Show: Greek wildfires heading to Athens (Sky News)
- 12th February 2021: Dartmoor blaze: ‘Extremely dangerous’ fire near Tavistock is out (BBC)
- 26th November 2020: Firefighters on ‘frontlines of climate crisis’ without enough support, warns union chief (The Independent)
- 2nd October 2020: Global trends in wildfire and its impacts (Royal Society)
- 8th September 2020: Britain’s Burning Future (Life Solved Podcast)
- 10th August 2020: Queen guitarist Brian May thanks fire crews for saving home from wildfire (BBC)
- 27th April 2020: British wildfires are getting more frequent. Here’s what that means (National Geographic)
- April 2020: Surrey wildfires highlight risks UK faces during heatwave (Financial Times; paywall)