Space Daily·3 min read·medium
Tropical trees are dying faster than they ever have on record, and the culprit scientists identified in a 2025 study isn't heat or drought — it's ordinary thunderstorms, now fiercer with climate chang
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A 2025 study suggests that ordinary tropical thunderstorms are a significantly larger driver of tree mortality than previously recognized. Researchers argue that these storms, intensified by climate change, are damaging forest carbon storage more than heat or drought alone.
Tropical forests face a hidden killer: the ordinary thunderstorm is becoming extraordinary, and scientists may have drastically underestimated how much damage it now inflicts.
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