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Mike Fromm / Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds

Australian bushfires have triggered pyrocumulonimbus clouds. The intense heat from fires can create a “monstrous chimney” that channels soot high into the atmosphere, and appears as a mushroom cloud left after a nuclear bomb.

Click above to listen to part 4 of Fire Clouds and Ice-teroids, featuring Mike Fromm, Meteorologist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Fire Clouds and Ice-teroids:
Part 1: Steve Levin / Juno Mission
Part 2: Christopher Fernandez / Peat Bogs
Part 3: Arctic Report Card
Part 4: Mike Fromm / Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds
Part 5: Chabot & Statler / Asteroid Missions

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