Lightning discharges represent one of nature’s most dramatic electrical phenomena, providing a dynamic window into the complex interplay between atmospheric electrical fields and discharge processes.

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

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INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTNING: Lightning and thunderclouds -- The stepped leader -- The return stroke -- The dart leader -- More on strokes and flashes -- Intracloud discharges -- Strokes bringing ...

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered the first observational evidence of lateral negative re-discharges ...