Intensified lightning in the Arctic heralds bad prospects for climate change

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Title: The intensification of lightning phenomena in the Arctic portends adverse prospects for climate change

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The intensification of lightning phenomena in the Arctic portends adverse consequences Facing the adverse prospects of climate change

University of California, Los Angeles climate scientist Daniel Swain (dlswain (at) ucla (dot) edu) published a research report in "Nature·Climate Change" on April 12, 2021, saying,

The Arctic region is warming at twice the Earth’s average rate. This warming situation forms a positive cycle, which continuously promotes the worsening of the warming situation.

And it caused more lightning phenomena in the North Pole. By the end of this century, the lightning phenomena in the Arctic region will double.

The global network of radio detectors often detects large lightning activity within 100 kilometers of the North Pole. This kind of lightning activity can cause fires in the Arctic region. Due to the dryness of the Arctic, fires will develop to a larger scale.

In 2020, there were large lightning fires in the Russian Arctic.

When fires melt permafrost, they release greenhouse gases. Fires and melted frozen soil provide good conditions for the growth of tundra and shrubs.

Well-grown, large-area preparations will absorb more solar energy, leading to accelerated warming in the Arctic.

Eventually, more forested areas may appear in the Arctic. Arctic permafrost and ice sheets lock one-third of the world's carbon elements. If thunder and lightning conditions intensify, Arctic warming accelerates, and a large amount of greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere, the earth may not end well.

Daniel:

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

LaKretz Hall, Suite 300

619 Charles E Young Dr. E

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Los Angeles, CA 90095

Daniel’s research scope is: the dynamics and impacts of the Earth’s climate change system, the impact of climate change on regional extreme weather phenomena, and the atmosphere of droughts, floods, and wildfires process, greenhouse gas enrichment phenomenon.

He is currently conducting research on: spatial and temporal changes in precipitation, drought and flood phenomena in warm climate conditions, and climate change factors in California wildfires.

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The intensification of lightning phenomena in the Arctic heralds the negative prospects of climate change

Author: Zhu Chuan