Spectacular fire-driven storm clouds can form when extreme wildfires occur in certain conditions. Scientists are only beginning to understand this phenomenon – known as pyrocumulonimbus – and its implications for the global climate system. Listen to this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast to hear the full interview with David Peterson – a meteorologist at the US Naval Research Laboratory, in Monterey, California.
How can wildfires trigger thunderstorms?
21 Jan 2021 James Dacey
James Dacey is a multimedia journalist based in Madrid