For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and vanishes before the eye adj.

Lightning is a rare but unavoidable threat to trees, and most trees that are unlucky enough to be struck by lightning will burn or fall. However, a study has revealed that a species of ...