When marine scientist Mustafa Asfur made a tiny storm in a box, he stumbled on a possible solution to a long-standing mystery: why bolts of lightning are brighter over the ocean than they are...

2014年7月28日 · What happens when lightning hits the sea, asks Justin Parkinson. If you are in the sea and a thunderstorm looks likely in the area, there are two ways to cut the risk of getting hit - get out...

My girlfriend and I were swimming in the ocean about 30 feet from a beach in Costa Rica as a storm was approaching. We saw occasional flashes of lightning, and I was counting the time it took to hear the thunder, which was at least 7-8 seconds at …

2023年9月28日 · Superbolts are more likely to strike the closer a storm cloud's electrical charging zone is to the land or ocean's surface, a new study finds. These conditions are responsible for superbolt...

2024年2月6日 · An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms over the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with lightning flashes so frequent that the sky would appear continuously...

2020年6月1日 · Many studies have shown more intense lightning over oceans, Although even though the amount of lightning over oceans is only around 10% of the global activity. We show that the salinity of the oceans plays and important role in the intensity of the lightning discharges in the atmosphere.

Lightning doesn’t strike the ocean as much as land, but when it does,it spreads out over the water, which acts as a conductor. It can hit boats that are nearby, and electrocute fish that are near the surface. If you’re at the beach and hear thunder or see lightning, get out of the water.

2017年6月15日 · People who live and work along coasts and coastlines everywhere may be more likely to experience a super-charged lightning strike, according to new research from Florida Institute of Technology...

Thunderstorms that form at sea occur most often in the early morning around dawn. However, tropical thunderstorms can occur at any time, often daily because of intense heating over land and an unlimited supply of moist tropical air from the ocean. Thunder is the result of a lightning bolt.

2023年1月16日 · Recently, scientists studied data from more than 75,000 thunderstorms and discovered an explanation for the ocean’s lack of lightning: sea salt. Lightning forms when water droplets latch onto super-tiny particles inside clouds and freeze, forming ice crystals. The crystals collide and build up electric charges.