CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP HeroAs the Arctic warms, lightning strikes are more frequent -- even near the North Pole

The Arctic is not usually a hotbed for lightning -- the air is simply not warm enough for thunderstorms to usually occur. But as the Arctic warms at an alarming rate, that lightning frequency is changing as well.

March 28, 2021 at 02:33PM https://ift.tt/39o5Up9 Arctic is not usually a hotbed for lightning -- the air is simply not warm enough for thunderstorms to usually occur. But as the Arctic warms at an alarming rate, that lightning frequency is changing as well.