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Does fire affect climate change? What about extreme wildfire behavior?
A fire tornado, or “firenado,” is exactly what it sounds like: a tornado made out of fire… and it is truly the stuff of nightmares. The most famous example occurred when the 2018 Carr Fire spawned an EF3 fire tornado with estimated wind speeds of 143 mph! And as climate change drives increasing wildfires around the planet, it only makes sense that we see more fire tornadoes as well. But, watch to the end of this episode because even though fires are burning more acres each year we have some very good news about climate change and carbon storage of burned forests.
Dr. Lisa Elsworth tells us about a groundbreaking study comparing the carbon storage of unburned forest and forest burned at high intensity. Her research helps us understand forest fire, carbon capture and storage, and climate change.
Tune into this episode of Weathered to learn what the latest science can tell us about these rare but dangerous phenomena as well as about the surprising ability of burnt forests to store carbon and mitigate climate change.
Weathered is a show hosted by meteorologist Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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