A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle.

Lightning's quiet impact could have lasting effects on the world’s forests - and the carbon cycle they support.

A recent study reveals that lightning strikes may annually kill 320 million trees globally, contributing significantly to ...

Considerable biomass loss320 million trees are killed by lightning each yearLightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought ...

Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent veils of smoke and several billion tons of carbon dioxide into the ...

Deciduous and coniferous trees vary in many more ways than only leaf types. Learn these differences and you'll know which ...

In the peatlands, research has shown wildfires speed up permafrost melt, which in turn releases carbon, according to David ...

July in southwest Colorado is a showcase of precious summer in her full majesty. From alpine tundra to forests of spruce, ...