Can Climate Change Make Lightning… Supercharged?

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The oceans absorb a lot of CO2, leading to a variety of effects like ocean acidification. But you might not expect one of those effects: stronger lightning strikes. Surveyor 1 Pin: https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow/products/scishow-pin-of-the-month-surveyor-1-june Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://eos.org/articles/more-acidic-water-might-supercharge-lightning https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364682620300766 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79066-8 https://www.smc.edu/academics/academic-departments/physical-sciences/chemistry/lab-manual/documents/Chemistry_9_Experiments/Electrical_Cond

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