Wildfires and thunderstorms: complex interconnections spawned by climate change.

Earth Fires create their own weather: both nearby, and in distantplaces. We have a good understanding howthings like the El Nino/La Nina cycle impact drought,extreme precipitation, and severe weather. But it'salso an illustration of how weather patterns across theglobe are interconnected, much like the old children'sditty about how the "toe bone's connected to the footbone", and the "foot bone's connected to the ankle bone,"until you get all the way up to the head and realize thateverything ultimately connected to everything else. [Extracted from the article]

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