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Forest Ecosystems

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Global Model Attributes 320 Million Annual Tree Deaths to Lightning

By feeding global lightning data into LPJ-GUESS, scientists reveal 320 million annual tree deaths with up to 1.09 billion tonnes of CO₂ released.

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