{"id":"8ce84e0d-7dac-4afd-940d-51f84ad5530a","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-09-children-born-today-europe-extreme.html","domain":"phys.org","outlet":{"name":"Phys.org","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"Science X"},"title":"Children born today in Europe will live through almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their grandparents","plainHeadline":"Europeans born in 2025 face 84% more extreme fire weather than those born in 1950.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["A 2025 birth in Europe implies about 3 extra years of extreme fire weather under current policies.","Overall lifetime exposure for today’s babies could rise by 84% versus grandparents.","Mediterranean regions see the fastest increase, up to 2.5 times higher exposure.","If warming reaches 2.6°C by 2100, life under extreme fire weather increases substantially.","Reducing fossil fuel use cuts exposure by about 1.3 years in Europe and over 2 years in southern regions."],"topics":["Environment","Climate"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T09:00:03.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-21T09:31:09.463Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/f6e99c8b-2353-4391-bf86-1cff29deead3","storyId":"f6e99c8b-2353-4391-bf86-1cff29deead3","image":"https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2018/wildfire.jpg","author":"Sadie Harley; Robert Egan","dek":"A child born in Europe in 2025 will live through more than three additional years of extreme fire weather compared with someone born in 1950 if we continue with current climate policies, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters."}