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Models show intensifying wildfires in a warming world due to changes in vegetation and humidity; only a minor role for lightning

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Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of climate change.

The authors find that increasing greenhouse gas emissions will likely increase the global lightning frequency by about 1.6% per degree Celsius global warming, with regional hotspots in the eastern United States , Kenya , Uganda and Argentina .

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