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Lightning strikes to spark more Arctic fires: study – Macau Business
Lightning strikes inside the Arctic circle may double this century, sparking widespread tundra fires and increasing the risk of setting off the carbon time bomb……
Lightning strikes inside the Arctic circle may double this century, sparking widespread tundra fires and increasing the risk of setting off the carbon time bomb held within permafrost, new research showed Monday.
The permafrost of North America and Siberia contains enough carbon dioxide to roughly double all the carbon currently in Earth’s atmosphere, and there are fears it will melt significantly as temperatures rise.
Researchers in the United States analysed NASA satellite data on lightning strikes…
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