

This is an area equivalent to the European Union (EU27) and larger than the country of India that is burnt every year.

The map reveals that between 3.5 and 4.5 million km 2 of vegetation burns on an annual basis. The work was funded by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Dr Kevin Tansey, of the Department of Geography, a leading scientist in an international team, created a visual impression of the fire scars on our planet between 20.
