Lightning increasing with global warming
A new analysis of climate change models predicts a 50 percent increase in lightning strikes across the United States during…
Radiation exposure from “dark lightning” quantified
Over the last decade, scientists learnt that thunderstorms are capable of generating brief but powerful bursts of gamma-rays calledterrestrial gamma-ray…
Ball lightning an ion discharge, contends Aussie scientist
No explanation of how ball lightning occurs has been universally accepted by science, but an Australian researcher thinks eye-witness accounts…
Satellite catches thunderstorm producing antimatter bursts
Astronomers using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in orbit above the Earth have detected beams of antimatter produced above terrestrial…
Lightning unleashes potent radiation cocktail
Physicists have estimated that air travelers could be exposed to a dose of X-rays, gamma rays and high-energy electrons equal…
Laser Used To Get Thunderclouds Sparking
Using a powerful ground-based laser, European scientists were able to induce electrical activity in thunderclouds, a precursor to stimulating lightning…
Study Of Runaway Breakdown Set For Lab
In recent experiments, researchers from the Florida Institute of Technology found that sparks generated in their laboratory produced x-ray bursts…
Terrestrial Gamma Ray Mystery Deepens
Scientists from Duke University have been studying the link between certain lightning events and the mysterious gamma ray emissions that…