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Imagine standing in a quiet field after a thunderstorm, the air still charged with mystery. Beneath your feet, hidden from ...
The tonka bean tree in Panama not only survives, but thrives off of lightning strikes, which it uses to wipe out its ...
In a rainforest teeming with competition, one tree has discovered how to turn catastrophe into advantage. In Panama’s dense ...
Knowing what to do during a thunderstorm is crucial for protecting your life and property, but many people don’t realize that ...
The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but ...
An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, ...
Hundreds of millions of trees die from lightning strikes worldwide every year, and as the climate changes, that number is ...
Israel's most notorious wildfire was in December 2010 on Mount Carmel near Haifa. It spread quickly, consuming much of the ...
You're not going to actually have to worry about a gremlin on the wing of the plane or anything like that, but something like a lightning strike is a very realistic and understandable concern.