Over a period of weeks after that, you can start seeing a phenomenon we've identified — sort of a diagnostic called 'flashover damage.' Basically, lightning attaches to a tree crown and then it ...

Early on, he spent much of his time climbing trees, looking for signs of lightning damage. But making critical observations could be painfully inefficient. Dr. Gora would begin climbing one tree ...

"But Dipteryx oleifera consistently showed no damage," Gora said. In tropical forests, lightning is a major cause of tree mortality — especially among the largest, oldest trees that play key ...

In the heart of the Dandenong Ranges, a towering 40 metre tree was removed from a residential property in Tecoma after suffering extensive damage from a past lightning strike. Over time, the weakened ...

Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed, as the damage varies depending on the intensity of the strike. It's crucial to address immediate hazards like broken branches, but wait a few ...

Lightning strikes have also been shown to damage neighboring trees with which the tonka bean tree may be competing for resources, leaving the former unscathed, researchers said. MORE: Teen speaks ...

The tonka bean tree stood out to researchers as one species that consistently showed little to no damage after a lightning strike. “Over those 40 years, there’s a quantifiable, detectable ...