The intensification of lightning in the Arctic bodes ill for climate change.

Title: The intensification of lightning in the Arctic indicates a bad prospect of climate change.

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The intensification of lightning in the Arctic bodes ill for climate change.

On April 1, a climate scientist at UCLA named DL Swain (at) UCLA (DOT) edu published a research report in the journal Natural Climate Change.

The Arctic is warming at twice the average speed of the earth. This warming situation forms a positive cycle, which constantly promotes the deterioration of the warming situation.

And triggered more lightning in the Arctic. By the end of this century, the lightning phenomenon in the Arctic will double.

The global radio detector network often detects large-scale lightning activities within the range of 0/00 km in the Arctic/KLOC, which will cause fires in the Arctic. Because the Arctic is dry, the fire will develop to a larger scale.

In 2020, a large-scale lightning fire occurred in the Russian Arctic.

When the fire melts the frozen soil, it will release greenhouse gases. Fire and melting frozen soil provide good conditions for the growth of tundra and shrubs.

Large-scale preparation for good growth will absorb more solar energy, leading to accelerated warming of the Arctic.

Eventually, there may be more forest areas in the Arctic. Arctic permafrost and ice sheets lock in one-third of the global carbon. If the lightning situation intensifies, the Arctic will accelerate warming, and a large amount of greenhouse gases will enter the atmosphere, and the earth may not come to a good end.

Daniel:

Institute of Environment and Sustainability

La Craiz Hall, Suite 300.

Dr Charles young

Los Angeles, California 90095

Daniel's research scope is: the dynamics of the earth's climate change system and its impact, the impact of climate change on regional extreme weather phenomena, the atmospheric process of fires in drought and flood fields, and the phenomenon of greenhouse gas enrichment.

His ongoing research includes: warm climate decline, temporal and spatial changes of water, drought and flood, and climate change factors of California mountain fires.

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The intensification of lightning in the Arctic bodes ill for climate change.

Author: Zhu Chuan