As thousands of tourists have fled the flames devouring the Greek island of Rhodes, locals were left with scorched land, and the ashes of the cypresses, olive trees and pines surrounding their empty bars, shops and hotels. Many fear their livelihoods have been shattered for now and perhaps for the future, if the visitors, a core source of income for the island, do not return. “It was green, and now it’s black,” said George Tirelis, who manages some holiday villas in the south of Rhodes, which ar

The fiercest wildfires have hit only parts of a few islands. But the effects of climate change pose a far wider threat to Greece’s tourism industry.