A first-of-its-kind study estimates that lightning strikes kill 320 million trees every year. For perspective, these dead trees account for up to 2.9 percent of annual loss in plant biomass and emit ...
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Lightning Strikes Are Known to Damage Trees — But a Tropical Plant Uses the Blast to Kill ‘Enemies’
The saying, ‘Survival of the fittest,’ was made famous by naturalist Charles Darwin, but a tropical rainforest in Panama is a living example of it. Researchers have found a tree species that possesses ...
'Knocked me down': Lightning strike splits tree in half in Raleigh neighborhood, man hit by branches
A lightning strike split a tree on Pogue Street in Raleigh during a storm Thursday night, leaving more than 300 customers without power for about nine hours. Linemen on the scene for Duke Energy told ...
John Dunn covers more on lightning by encouraging readers to exercise caution during thunderstorms by staying away from trees ...
Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now draws devotees from ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lightning did not cause the historic Doerner Fir Tree Fire, officials say. Bureau of Land Management investigators said the cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but they ...
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Recently the Pine Belt has been battling triple digit temperatures. But Mississippi summer weather patterns also bring in lots of rain and everything that comes with it. A ...
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