The Effect of Global Warming on US Lightning Activity (VIDEO)

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2011 lightning strikes as observed by the National Lightning Detection Network. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 14 Nov. 2014 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by David M. Romps at University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming."

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[Credit: David M. Romps, UC Berkeley]

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