Thunderous nuclear reactions

Leonid Babich ()

Nature, 2017, vol. 551, issue 7681, 443-444

Abstract: The discovery that thunderstorms can trigger nuclear reactions provides insight into the physics of atmospheric electricity and unveils a previously unknown natural source of radioactive isotopes on Earth.

Keywords: Atmospheric science; Nuclear physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-017-07266-w

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