Smoke thunderclouds: Wildfires use the atmosphere to light more

4.6 (673) · $ 20.99 · In stock

A big blaze produces a lot of hot, rising, pyrocumulonimbus clouds—or “pyroCb”—that in turn produce lightning, that then sparks new wildfires as the clouds move across the landscape. In other words, a wildfire can become a runaway, self-proliferating machine.

Lightning explained — Science Learning Hub

Fire from fire: How wildfires can create their own weather and lightning

When Wildfire Smoke and Thunderstorms Collide

A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms

Towering wildfire clouds have big impacts on the stratosphere - NOAA Research

Wildfire smoke plumes are growing taller and sending pollutants farther away, researchers find

Columnists Archives - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms

Western wildfires are so intense they're creating pyrocumulonimbus clouds

Wildfires launch microbes into the air, which may pose health risks

Wildfire smoke seeds the air with potentially dangerous microbes

When wildfires reach the stratosphere

NASA Images From Space Show Devastation and Spread of West Coast Fires