Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space

Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space

Source: The Conversation

Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space weather.

There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel at close to the speed of light, typically remain … [6225 chars]

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