![]() ![]() A 2014 study forecast a 12% increase in the frequency of lightning strikes with every one degree Celsius increase in temperature. In the US, which saw the second-highest number of lightning strikes in 2021 after Brazil, Vagasky and his team tracked more than 194m incidences – 24m more than observed in 2020. People on the flat tundra or ocean are vulnerable to lightning strikes, and lightning puts electrical and other infrastructure at risk of damage. ![]() The risk of being hit by lightning in the Arctic is still low, but the increased probability of lightning could threaten communities that have not had to deal with frequent lightning in the past. ![]() Identifying the conditions favourable for lightning-triggered wildfires is crucial to react quickly to strikes. Typically less than 15% of wildfires in any given year are caused by lightning, but these fires burn more acreage than human-caused fires. The devastating wildfires that raged across Europe and North America last summer were at least in part sparked by lightning. ![]()
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