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Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity
(theconversation.com)
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This article suggests that cosmic radiation triggers lightning strikes... Earth is basically a giant geiger counter.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/lightning-on-earth-is-sparked-by-a-powerful-chain-reaction-from-outer-space-simulations-show
@Neverclear a recent study found that snowflakes and the ice that forms them can build up more electric charge than had been previously theorized.