Climate crisis fuels extreme weather, Q&A warns

Climate breakdown is supercharging extreme weather this summer, fueling explosive wildfires in Europe and unprecedented rains across Asia, according to Guardian environment writers. In a Reddit Q&A, Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered readers' questions, noting that global heating made wildfires at least 20 times more likely in Spain and twice as likely in France. They also highlighted that wildfire smoke kills an estimated 1.5 million people annually, urging media to connect extreme events to the climate crisis.