Lightning identified as the leading cause of wildfires in boreal forests, threatening carbon storage

Lightning identified as the leading cause of wildfires in boreal forests, threatening carbon storage

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Norwich UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2023

Lightning is the dominant cause of wildfire ignition in boreal forests - areas of global importance for carbon storage - and will increase in frequency with climate change, according to new research. Dr Matthew Jones of the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, is senior author of the paper, 'Extratropical forests increasingly at risk of lightning fires',

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