They will also look for possible correlations between the number of lightning strikes and the phase of the solar cycle. Researchers think that during the most active part of the sun's 11-year ...

A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. Getting zapped ...

Lightning strikes also reduced the number of parasitic vines, called lianas, on the almendros by 78 percent. These vines would ordinarily grow on top of the tree and steal light from its leaves ...

A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as ...