Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

Have you ever heard ... analyzing the parent lightning discharges, we discovered that the sprites were triggered by high-peak current positive cloud-to-ground lightning strikes within a massive ...

Media reports say that a lightning strike in western Japan has injured five students at a school playground, including one who remains unconscious TOKYO -- A lightning strike in western Japan ...

Thunderstorms are exceedingly common; a staggering 3 million lightning strikes occur on Earth every ... In fact, Shao added, the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

The driver swerves just in the nick of time, avoiding the lightning strike. The Southeast experienced significant severe weather, with Atlanta witnessing numerous lightning strikes.The lightning ...