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June 20, 2023 —New research showed that the plume emitted by the Hunga Volcano eruption in 2022 created the highest lightning flash rates ever recorded on Earth, more than any storm ever ...
Apr. 29, 2021 —Scientists have found that lightning bolts and, surprisingly, subvisible discharges that cannot be seen by cameras or the naked eye produce extreme amounts of the hydroxyl radical and hydroperoxyl ...
Aug. 24, 2022 —A multi-year study in the tropical forests of the Panama Canal found that the species most frequently damaged by lightning tended to be the most capable of surviving ...
Dec. 16, 2020 —Urban landscapes and human-made aerosols have the potential to not only make gusts stronger and hail larger; they can also start storms sooner and even pull them toward cities, according to new ...
Aug. 23, 2021 —The eastern half of the U.S is one of the principal hot spots for severe thunderstorm activity, especially tornadoes, globally. The standard explanation for this outcome is the combination high ...
Feb. 23, 2021 —Warming temperatures will potentially alter the climate in Alaska so profoundly later this century that the number of thunderstorms will triple, increasing the risks of widespread flash flooding, ...
Nov. 11, 2022 —New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across ...
Mar. 9, 2023 —Tens of thousands of thunderstorms may rumble around the world each day, but accurately predicting the time and location where they will form remains a grand challenge of computer weather modeling. A ...
Sep. 9, 2021 —The most devastating tornadoes are often preceded by a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billowing above a severe thunderstorm. New research reveals the mechanism for these plumes could be tied to ...
Aug. 8, 2022 —Larger, coarse sea spray reduces the amount of lightning by as much as 90 percent, whereas smaller aerosols increase lightning. The size of particle also affects ...