Lightning
Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions in the atmosphere or ground temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one gigajoule of energy. This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, from very hot plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons to brilliant flashes of visible light in the form of black-body radiation. Lightning causes thunder, a sound from the shock wave which develops as gases in the vicinity of the discharge experience a sudden increase in pressure. Lightning occurs commonly during thunderstorms and other types of …
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ICG: International Crisis Group · 18 April 2024 English
16 “Memorandum Order 32: Reinforcing the Guidelines for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in the Implementation of Measures to Suppress and Prevent Lawless Violence”, …
supporters admit that it has “been weakened”.150 But “lightning attacks”, rebel strikes from out of nowhere to …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 18 April 2024 English
and the capabilities of the crew who operate them. [...] The 2024 exercise carried the tagline ’lightning strike from the sky’. …
Army. The 2024 exercise carried the tagline ’lightning strike from the sky’. The IAF is now getting set …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 16 April 2024 English
Renewable energy
stations cooling nuclear plants structures Lightning strikes Reduced Desert dust on wind blades photovoltaics …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 15 April 2024 English
President Volodymyr Zelensky is continuing his large-scale purge of the Ukrainian leadership in an attempt to achieve greater cohesion and efficiency. The Ukrainian president is preparing for a double crisis …
of government, which traditionally serves as a lightning rod for criticism of the president. Nor is it …
The AI Index · 14 April 2024 English
As noted earlier, the decrease in AI job postings decrease in the proportion of AI job postings in 2023 was related to changes in the hiring patterns of several compared …
coverage, was included in this sample because of its Lightning, Random Forest Algorithm, Recommender increasing …
WBCSD: World Business Council for Sustainable Development · 12 April 2024 English
Call to action for business leaders The Business Leaders Guide to Climate Adaptation and Resilience sets out the urgent case for companies to increase action and investment on adaptation and …
acceptability Impact on biodiversity from heavy winds, lightning, leading to reduction in Center for Global Change … with solar panels and automatically → The F-150 Lightning can act as a backup generator for up to 3 days …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 English
electricity systems and 2 villages with new street lightning. Participatory community mobilization has been …
FGA: Foundation for Government Accountability · 10 April 2024 English
ballot return A major reason for the lack of trust in the security of elections is the massive and lightning-quick shift in how voting is done. [...] REQUIRE IDENTIFICATION TO VOTE ABSENTEE To better secure …
the security of elections is the massive and lightning-quick shift in how voting is done. In every national …
World Bank Group · 8 April 2024 English
December 2023, last figure reported was 6,590 lightning points and 5,292 connections installed. In 2021 …
World Bank Group · 4 April 2024 English
00 Jul/2022 0.00 25-Sep-2023 250.00 Jun/2028 Lightning protection systems installed (Number) 0.00 …
