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With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.
Most lightning strike survivors have no visible scars, but their invisible injuries often go untreated.
Wildfire smoke can even affect the weather downwind.
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
Wildfire has been an important part of the Earth system for more than 400 million years.
A rover recently captured sounds of lightning crackling on Mars, over a decade after scientists uncovered the first evidence for electric discharges on the planet.
Lightning also influences our environment in ways scientists are only beginning to understand.
We’re not going to be able to stop climate instability and associated dangerous wildfire weather, so we need to adapt.
A burst of early-summer thunderstorms has swept across NZ, fuelled by unstable air and a shifting seasonal pattern. Here’s what it means for summer and beyond.
We’ve long been fascinated by lightning, which can also be found in volcanoes and on Jupiter.
Storm systems, heat waves, bright sunlight, even lightning – for millions of people, weather changes can bring on painful headaches.
A meteorologist explains three essential components of NOAA hurricane data collection that forecasters everywhere rely on yet are being targeted for federal cuts.
An unplanned experiment takes scientists closer to solving a long-standing mystery: To what extent, if any, have human-created emissions influenced thunderstorms?
Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space weather.
The parasitic fungus sometimes called ‘Himalayan gold’ can provide a good living to villagers who collect it. But rugged terrain and a high risk of lightning strikes make it a dangerous option.
The causes of the wind-driven fires that burned thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area are under investigation, but there were no lightning strikes reported at the time.
Ancient Maya peoples knew that human beings are not independent from nature but part of it.
Fire-produced thunderstorms and tornado-like fire whirls are more common than anyone realized, as high-resolution satellite images and data now show.
What really happens when lightning strikes cars, what to do if you’re out in the open or on a beach, and other tips.
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Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Research Professor of Physics, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Climatology, Director, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania
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Senior Specialist, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Dundee
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Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of South Florida
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Chief Scientist at SA Weather Service: Nowcasting and very short range forecasting and part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Assistant State Climatologist and Research Scientist in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Atmospheric Physicist, Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania
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Tomas Remenyi is a Friend of The Conversation.
Climate Research Fellow, Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania
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Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington