As the Arctic warms, lightning strikes are more frequent -- even near the North Pole

The Arctic is not usually a hotbed for lightning -- the air is simply not warm enough for thunderstorms to usually occur. But as the Arctic warms at an alarming rate, that lightning frequency is changing as well.

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