Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed new model calculations that, for the first time, estimate the ...

The estimate doesn't even include trees destroyed during wildfires ignited by lightning. Most people don’t often witness the dramatic results of trees struck by lightning firsthand—a fact that may ...

Every year, lightning kills around 320 million trees across the globe, not with raging wildfires but through direct strikes that often go unseen. The trees don’t always fall dramatically; many die ...

A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve all seen dramatic footage of lightning ...

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park’s largest oak tree came down after possible lightning damage on Wednesday night. The oak tree was located at the center lagoon. Fortunately, no ...