What You're Actually Seeing: What is commonly referred to as heat lightning is just regular old lightning that is so far away that its resulting thunder doesn’t reach your location. The heat ...

Sailors of old dreaded the doldrums for their unpredictable ... These systems provide valuable data to scientists studying lightning patterns and atmospheric behavior. By observing lightning ...

Scientists were now considering whether industrial pollution has altered global lightning patterns, potentially affecting weather, climate and storm intensity, according to BGR. The findings ...