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Do Cities Cause Thundersnow?

by S. Palus 23 March 201525 February 2022

Analysis of lightning within a February 2011 snowstorm reveals that 73% of lightning flashes occurred close to tall, human-built structures.

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Lightning Strikes Predicted to Increase as Climate Warms

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 25 November 20147 March 2023

New study suggests that the frequency of lightning strikes will increase as the climate continues to warm.

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Exploring the Origin of High-­Energy Particle Beams in the Atmosphere

by A. A. Chilingarian 18 November 201427 January 2022

Thunderstorms and Elementary Particle Acceleration; Yerevan, Armenia, 22–26 September 2014

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Vadim C. Mushtak (1947–2013)

by E. Williams, N. Mushtak, E. Temidis, Y. P. Galyuk and A. P. Nickolaenko 20 May 20147 September 2016

Vadim Constantinovich Mushtak, renowned for his work in radio physics and atmospheric electricity, died on 25 September 2013 in an automobile accident in Walker Valley, N.Y. He was 65.

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