Insects have been known to sense and tap into electric fields, but new research shows that swarms can actually produce atmospheric electric charges.By measuring the extent of this influence, the ...

New study reveals how monitoring atmospheric electric fields can enhance the prediction of severe weather events. The researchers found significant electric field changes during heavy ...

HONG KONG: China said its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica started operations this week, a move aimed at helping observe changes on the southern continent and supporting the ...

The electrical effects of a thunderstorm are not confined just to high up in the atmosphere. Close to the ground, Earth's atmosphere hums with intense electric fields that accelerate particles ...

First came the surprising discovery that Earth’s atmosphere is leaking. But for roughly 60 years, the reason remained a mystery. Since the late 1960s, satellites over the poles detected an ...

Honeybees have a very good sense of smell. Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. While Ellard Hunting and fellow researchers were out studying the weather at a field station ...

The field is weak, only 0.55 volts — about as strong as a watch battery, Collinson says. But that’s strong enough to control the shape and evolution of the upper atmosphere, features that ...

By measuring atmospheric electricity near a swarm of bees in flight, this study, published today in iScience, is the first to recognise biology as a source of space charge in the atmosphere..

NASA scientists have discovered a planet-wide electric field surrounding Earth, confirming a 60-year-old hypothesis. Studying the field could yield some vital information about how our planet's ...

ON a number of occasions during the past two years, we have observed a negative electric field (or potential gradient) in the atmosphere close to the earth's surface, when there has been very low ...

Located in the Larsemann Hills in East Antarctica, the Zhongshan National Atmospheric Background Station began operating on Sunday, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).

More information: Roy Yaniv et al, Understanding heavy precipitation events in southern Israel through atmospheric electric field observations, Atmospheric Research (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres ...