Today will be the beginning of a stretch of very hot days here on the Western Slope. Grand Junction’s airport already has hit ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

As Central Wyoming heats up into the 90s, scattered thunderstorms loom, bringing concerns about heavy rain and lightning ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

Telecom giant NTT has developed what it describes as the world’s first “flying lightning rod,” or drones that will trigger lightning and redirect it safely to the ground to prevent it from ...

Using a cutting-edge multi-sensor system in Kanazawa City, Japan, the team observed a lightning discharge split between two paths—one descending from a thundercloud, the other arcing up from a ...

NTT's goal is to reduce damage caused by lightning strikes worldwide, with the ultimate aim of absorbing thundercloud energy and eliminating lightning strikes that reach the ground. The company ...

In Japan alone, the estimated annual cost of lightning damage ranges from ¥100 to 200 billion (somewhere between $650 million and more than $1.3 billion US). So, there is a good reason for ...

World-First Drone-Summoned Lightning May Protect Cities From Damage In The Future A new caged drone has been developed that can trigger lightning strikes and can safely redirect the electricity.

An IMD scientist noted that on April 9, thundercloud formations developed over Haryana, Uttarakhand, and adjacent areas, moving toward eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, bringing with them lightning.

A recent study has highlighted a troubling increase in lightning strikes across the State, with Kottayam district experiencing the highest frequency of strikes in the region. The research, which ...