Comment by arboles

It does seem that the area burnt p/year by wildfires hasn't grown in the last 40 years in Europe, and even decreased slightly. This is somewhat odd to me. The evacuation and disruption of settlements seems to have increased in severity in the last few years, or at least the media gives that perception. If I'm looking at the wrong data and this could be misleading, then apologies.

The chart I'm looking at (1980-2020):

- https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/maps-and-charts/burnt-...

This one starts in the 00s but goes to 2024, and also shows a decrease:

- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-area-burnt-by-wild...

Do you have the data that goes as far back as 80 years ago though?