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Climate Change To Make Lightning More Common, Study Says

2014-11-14 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The likelihood of getting struck by lightning has long been a metaphor for something with an exceedingly remote probability. But that could be changing. A new study in the journal Science says that temperature increases due to climate change are ushering in a new era that could mean by the end of the century lightning strikes will be about half again as common as they were at the start of this century. That's because lightning occurs more frequently when it's hotter. To wit, Florida leads...

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