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Lightning Impacts on Global Forest and Carbon Dynamics: Current Understanding and Knowledge Gaps

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Lightning is a fundamental Earth system process that influences the world's major forest biomes and their carbon storage through two primary pathways. Lightning is the major cause of boreal forest fires, while lightning strikes kill patches of trees in tropical forests. We summarized the current understanding of these processes and identified knowledge gaps.

Source: Global Change Biology

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70179

Authors: Sander Veraverbeke, Thomas A. J. Janssen, Esther Brambleby, Matt Jones, Bianca Zoletto, Masha T. van der Sande

Institutions: University of East Anglia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Fire effects on ecosystems

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,550