A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 ( top) versus two years later ( bottom ). The tree ...

Lightning rods can help with this. A Lightning Rod serves two purposes; it protects the farm and also collects energy, creating a Battery Pack the day after it has been hit by lightning during a ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. The research was led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Gora studies how lightning impacts ...