We have recorded the biggest lightning flashes ever

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	We have recorded the biggest lightning flashes ever
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	2020-06-26
发布年	2020
语种	英语
国家	国际
领域	气候变化 ; 资源环境
正文(英文)	By Michael Marshall A lightning flash at sunset during a thunderstorm in São Paulo, Brazil S. Garcia Cournoyer / Alamy The biggest lightning flash on record has been identified. More than twice the size of the previous record, it spanned 709 kilometres – about the distance from London to Geneva. A second flash has set a world record for longest duration. It went on for 16.7 seconds, also doubling the previous record. “We identified two new lightning flashes that are substantially bigger than anything we’ve ever seen before,” says Randall Cerveny at Arizona State University. Until recently, lightning was primarily tracked …
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来源平台	NewScientist
文献类型	新闻
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/277770
专题	资源环境科学气候变化
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