New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. The Newcastle University and Met Office-led study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, finds ...

A 50 percent increase in the number of lightning strikes within the United States can be expected by 2100 if temperatures continue to rise due to greenhouse gas emissions, a new study claims.

Data on lightning patterns in the Amazon show how clouds are affected by particulate matter emitted by the fires used for slash-and-burn foresting practices. These findings could be used by climate ...

Our planet is crackling with more electrical energy than ever before. Scientists worldwide are documenting an alarming trend that few people anticipated: and intense across the globe. This isn't just ...

Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed new model calculations that, for the first time, estimate the ...

A chart showing lightning distribution has been developed using color variations to show the average annual number of lightning flashes per square kilometer based on space-based optical sensor data ...

All of the lightning strikes were counted over Michigan. This count shows where we typically have the most lightning, and where we lit up the most last year. The data comes from the Vaisala U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A preliminary look at a major national weather report reveals a significant shift in U.S. lightning activity in 2025, with long-standing patterns upended and new regions emerging as ...

New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. This could lead to more ...

New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. This could lead to more lightning over mountains and in Northern Europe and less lightning over central Europe. The ...