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Models show intensifying wildfires in a warming world due to changes in vegetation and humidity; only a minor role for lightning
Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...
Wildfires intensifying more due to changes in vegetation and humidity than to lightning, supercomputer simulation finds
Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...
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How does carbon dioxide increase Earth's temperature?
Even though this gas makes up less than 0.1% of the atmosphere, it can have a huge effect on how much heat the planet's surface retains. When energy from the Sun reaches the top of our atmosphere, ...
Sydney Morning Herald29d
73,700 lightning strikes: How the storm that stunned Sydney exploded
Lightning flashes ... into a cold region of the atmosphere, generating storm clouds which unleashed the atmospheric light show. “That sort of ‘strobing’ effect of the lightning is what ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation11d
What is dry lightning and how is it starting fires in Victorian national parks?
A lack of moisture on the ground during dry lightning is a bushfire hazard. Lightning strikes have started multiple ... dry thunderstorms sat higher in the atmosphere, and that any rain produced ...