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This tropical tree species has evolved to benefit from lightning strikes
Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...
Lightning striking in the same place more than once seems unlikely | Hey Ray
According to the Empire State Building website, it is struck by lightning on average 25 times a year! A structure's chances of being hit by lightning go up if it is tall and isolated. While there are ...
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Lightning strikes usually kill trees. This one just grows stronger
An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, ...
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Tonka Bean Trees in Panama Can Survive Lightning Strikes And Then Use that Charge to Take Down ‘Clingy Partners’
The study's subject was the tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) growing in the lowland rainforests of Panama. Researchers ...
Lightning strikes five students in western Japan and leaves one unconscious, reports say
Media reports say that a lightning strike in western Japan has injured five students at a school playground, including one who remains unconscious ...
Lightning strike to a tree causes some damage to some Lake Bluff homes Wednesday
Some Lake Bluff residents suffered property damage Wednesday morning after a tree was struck by lightning, village officials ...
Lightning strike causes house fire in Burleson, fire department says
Lightning hit a home in Burleson, sparking a house fire as thunderstorms moved through the area early Saturday morning, ...