Tag Archives: Boreal Forests

Lightning silently fells 320 million trees a year as TUM study reveals near wildfire-level CO₂ emissions

(IN BRIEF) TUM researchers estimate that lightning kills about 320 million trees each year—damage that has been difficult to detect and previously underestimated. By augmenting the LPJ-GUESS global vegetation model with observational data and global lightning patterns, the team quantified … Read the full press release

Lightning-Induced Wildfires Pose Growing Threat to Boreal Forests, New Study Finds

(IN BRIEF) A study led by researchers from the University of East Anglia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Leeds, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China), and BeZero Carbon Ltd. reveals that lightning is the primary cause of wildfires in … Read the full press release