A team of researchers led by Penn State University has discovered the reaction that triggers electrical discharges, solving a puzzle that has haunted atmospheric physics for decades. Although the ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

Lightning formation has puzzled scientists for decades, but researchers bending ice in a lab just cracked the code. The Barcelona Institute of Nanoscience and Technology wasn’t hunting for ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A historic shift took place last year with regard to lightning activity. Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AEM) has a ground-based lightning detection network (Earth ...