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Title: These 'Dirty' Thunderstorms Fill Sky with As Much Smoke As Volcanic Eruption
Post by: rangerrebew on April 20, 2018, 12:54:42 pm

These 'Dirty' Thunderstorms Fill Sky with As Much Smoke As Volcanic Eruption
By Megan Gannon, Live Science Contributor | April 20, 2018 07:40am ET


Wildfires can fuel "dirty" thunderstorms that fill the stratosphere with as much smoke as a volcanic eruption.

That revelation comes from a study on the biggest fire-fueled thunderstorm event on record, which occurred on the night of Aug. 12, 2017, in British Columbia, Canada.

https://www.livescience.com/62361-wildfires-fuel-dirty-thunderstorms.html (https://www.livescience.com/62361-wildfires-fuel-dirty-thunderstorms.html)