Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Variation of lightning-ignited wildfire patterns under climate change

  • Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón,
  • Francisco J. Gordillo-Vázquez,
  • Heidi Huntrieser,
  • Patrick Jöckel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36500-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This study shows that climate change is expected to result in a 41% increase in the frequency of lightning worldwide. This increase has the potential to amplify the risk of lightning-induced wildfires.