Human-driven changes to the natural environment have knock-on consequences that aren't immediately obvious: air pollution, for example, has now been linked to an increase in the frequency of lightning ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

Demonstration of statistical analysis for 3D polarization results with the initial 23 μs of Flash 1 (19:52:38). (a) Orientation distribution in AZ (−180°–180°) and ZE (0°–90°) for random pairs of 2D ...

Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP By ...

Lightning is what defines a thunderstorm. It results from the buildup and discharge of electrical energy between positively and negatively charged particles. A thunderstorm builds up a huge electrical ...

Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. In the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative ...

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MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark ...

A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber (in the foreground) where two laser beams trap a single particle. One ...