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2025-Born Children Face Nearly Double Extreme Fire Weather Exposure

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC · How we work

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Belgian researchers find children born in 2025 will face nearly twice the extreme fire-weather exposure of 1950 births.
The study projects an 84% rise in extreme fire-weather days for today’s children under 2.6 °C warming.
Researchers attribute 86% of the exposure increase to climate change and 14% to longer human lifespans.
In the Mediterranean, Generation Beta (2025) will experience five more years of extreme fire weather than boomers.

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Belgian researchers find children born in 2025 will face nearly twice the extreme fire-weather exposure of 1950 births.
The study projects an 84% rise in extreme fire-weather days for today’s children under 2.6 °C warming.
Researchers attribute 86% of the exposure increase to climate change and 14% to longer human lifespans.
In the Mediterranean, Generation Beta (2025) will experience five more years of extreme fire weather than boomers.