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Is lightning striking the Arctic more than ever before?

Team detects a huge increase and says it could be due to climate change, but others can’t confirm the findings.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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Lightning is striking the Arctic many times more often than it did a decade ago, a study suggests — and the rate could soon double. The findings demonstrate yet another way Earth’s climate could be changing as the planet warms, although not all researchers agree that the trend is real.

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Nature 589, 11-12 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03561-1

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