Lightning Joins the List of Things Climate Change Is Making Worse

Multiple lightning strikes on a stormy evening near St. George, Utah. Photographer: Jer Barber/Getty Images

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November 13, 2014 at 9:20 PM UTC

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Lightning puts the fear of god in people, always has. Zeus throws bolts like footballs. Thor conjures it up with his hammer. People make it likelier with all their carbon dioxide pollution.

Wait, what?