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thumb|upright=1.5|Strokes of cloud-to-ground lightning strike the Mediterranean Sea off of Port-la-Nouvelle in southern France.

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Lightning is a powerful electrical discharge that occurs between clouds and the ground during thunderstorms. It matters because it poses a significant hazard to people, structures, and the environment when it strikes.

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Research

3,143 papers

Lightning injuries.ReviewEmergency medicine clinics of North America · 2004O'Keefe Gatewood M, Zane RDDOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.02.002
Lightning injuries.ReviewThe Journal of emergency medicine · 1985Cwinn AA, Cantrill SVDOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(85)90294-x
Lightning Metallization Injury.The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology · 2022Blumenthal R, Nixon KJ, Gomes C et al.DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000758
Lightning injury: a review.ReviewBurns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries · 2008Ritenour AE, Morton MJ, McManus JG et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.11.006
Ablation by lightning bolts: euphoria after EU-PORIA?Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Boersma L, Di Biase L, Tzeis SDOI: 10.1093/europace/euad218
Lightning: Another Climate Change Threat.Annals of internal medicine · 2022DeLoughery TG, Cunningham DADOI: 10.7326/M22-1635
Lightning deaths.Medico-legal bulletin · 1988Massello W 3rd
Lightning strikes in pregnancy.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2019Andrews C, Cooper MADOI: 10.1111/apa.14629

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Commons category: Lightning
Commons gallery: Lightning
Unicode character: ⚡
described at URL: www.gweiadur.com/welsh-dictionary/mellten
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000898

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Contents

Forms
Cloud to ground (CG)
{{anchor|Positive lightning}}Positive and negative lightning
{{anchor|Cloud to cloud}} Cloud to cloud (CC) and intra-cloud (IC)
Formation
Atmospheric phenomena in which lightning occurs
Charge separation
Charge separation in thunderstorms
Establishing an electric field
Electrical discharge as flashes and strikes
Lightning leaders
Upward streamers
Attachment
Discharge – Return stroke
Discharge – Re-strike
Discharge – Transient currents during flash
Distribution, frequency and properties<span class="anchor" id="Distribution and frequency"></span>
Megaflashes
Extraterrestrial
Effects
Injury, damage and destruction
To nature
To man-made structures and their contents
To aircraft
To living beings
Noise (thunder)
The distance approximation trick
Electromagnetic radiation and interference
Radio frequency radiation
High-energy radiation
Environmental changes
Atmospheric chemistry
Ground fertilisation
Induced permanent magnetism
Magnetic hallucinations
Detection and monitoring
Artificial triggering
Impact of climate change and air pollution
Lightning and climate change feedbacks
In culture
Religion and mythology
In popular culture
Political and military culture
See also
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
External links

thumb|upright=1.5|Strokes of cloud-to-ground lightning strike the Mediterranean Sea off of Port-la-Nouvelle in southern France.

Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on the ground. Following the lightning, the regions become partially or wholly electrically neutralized.