Researchers have discovered a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and fewer instances of lightning reported during worldwide shutdowns in the spring of 2020
Global lightning activity decreased nearly 8% in 2020 amid lockdowns triggered by the pandemic, according to research presented in December at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union , a nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to promoting"discovery in Earth and space science.
"Having more droplets in the atmosphere makes it possible to get those collisions of water and ice and things like that to create an electric charge imbalance, which leads to lightning."Unstable atmosphere created an environment unfavorable to thunderstormsResearchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tripura University in India and Vaisala Inc.
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