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Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
M. Asfur, J. Silverman, et al.
This groundbreaking report reveals a startling connection between ocean acidification and the intensity of oceanic lightning. Research by Mustafa Asfur, Jacob Silverman, and Colin Price suggests that as ocean pH decreases due to rising atmospheric CO2, the intensity of lightning discharges into seawater may increase by approximately 30% by the century's end.
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