Reuters: Bolt from the blue: warming climate may fuel more lightning

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Bolt from the blue: warming climate may fuel more lightning

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising global temperatures may cause a big jolt in the number of lightning strikes in the United States over the rest of the 21st century in the latest example of extreme weather spawned by climate change, scientists say.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/211597557967/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/4074fcc1/sc/29/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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