EESA’s Zelalem Mekonnen, Bill Riley, and David Romps co-authored a new paper predicting a 100% increase in Arctic lightning strikes this century. The UC Irvine-led study published in Nature Climate Change describes how this lightning increase will fuel additional warming and wildfires in the region. https://eesa.lbl.gov/climate-experts-co-author-study-predicting-increase-in-arctic-lightning/
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