[MCN] A great climate for wildfire: An under-reported slice of the story

[Lance Olsen]

Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to ... <http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6211/851>
science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6211/851
by DM Romps - ‎2014 - ‎Cited by 100 <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&cites=5026018929789738915> - ‎Related articles <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&q=related:o5-BcJYBwEV1qM:scholar.google.com/>
Romps et al. constructed a proxy based on the energy available to make air rise in the atmosphere and on precipitation rates to model the frequency of lightning ...

Climate Change May Spark More Lightning Strikes, Igniting Wildfires <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141113-climate-change-lightning-atmosphere-science/>
news.nationalgeographic.com/.../141113-climate-change-lightning-atmosphere-scienc..
Nov 15, 2014 - The frequency of lightning flashes could rise by an estimated 50 percent across the continental U.S. over the next century, researchers report …
But the news isn't all bad—more lightning could also trim the atmosphere's methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Climate change 'will make lightning strike more' - BBC News <http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30023536>
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30023536
Nov 13, 2014 - Global warming will significantly increase the frequency of lightning strikes, according to US research.

Science: Global Warming May Increase Frequency of U.S. Lightning ... <https://www.aaas.org/news/science-global-warming-may-increase-frequency-us-lightning-strikes>
https://www.aaas.org/.../science-global-warming-may-increase-frequency-us-lightning...
Nov 13, 2014 - As the world gets hotter, lightning strikes will increase by about 12% for every 1 degree Celsius rise in global average air temperature, a new …
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“The most painful and expensive way to deal with global climate change will be to ignore it until 
something happens that elicits powerful public demands for immediate and Draconian action.”
 
Jonathan Lash. “As the earth heats up. “  
Journal of Commerce, August 16, 1996.
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“Localized ecological systems are known to shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state 
to another when they are forced across critical thresholds. Here we review evidence that 
the global ecosystem as a whole can react in the same way and is approaching a 
planetary-scale critical transition as a result of human influence."

Barnovsky et al. Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere. Nature Volume 486, 07 June 2012

doi:10.1038/nature11018


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