Lightning is one of nature's most destructive and unpredictable forces, with over 3 million lightning strikes hitting the Earth every day.
But have you ever wondered if lightning occurs on other planets? What happens when an aeroplane gets struck by lightning? What percentage of wildfires are caused by lightning? How is the UK's electrical grid protected from lightning strikes?
#physics #earth #nature #science #electrical
In this talk, Dr Daniel Mitchard from the Lightning Laboratory at Cardiff University – Europe’s only university-based lightning research laboratory – explores these questions and explains why lightning behaves the way it does.
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