Lightning is a spectacular natural phenomenon that has fascinated humans for centuries. However, not all lightning is the ...

In fact, Shao added, the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was 10 times weaker than what would be needed to spark lightning based on that theory. To solve the long-standing ...

Longer wave periods, known as groundswells, typically cause more powerful waves. (iStock) (Getty) Visible satellite images captured on Friday, March 21, 2025, showing a polar low to the south ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Their new paper, published Wednesday, is the first to show that trees can benefit from these electric ... species show lightning tolerance, to better understand how common this phenomenon is.

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new ...

So far, there have been no reports of damaging hail or tornadoes, but powerful thunderstorms produced vivid lightning in areas where thunderstorms are a rarity. A dramatic video recorded Wednesday ...

EPIC photos have captured the partial solar eclipse, with almost half the Sun going dark. The celestial wonder began at 10.07am today and was visible for around two hours. Follow The Sun's live ...

Stock photo People across Cork have been invited to the Blackrock Castle Observatory tomorrow morning, to witness a rare event which us earth-dwellers are lucky to observe! Not only is the solar ...

However, the strange occurrence is not likely to affect the coastline. In November last year, Australia witnessed another shocking weather phenomenon. More than 1.1 million lightning strikes in just ...

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