
Arctic Lightning Is Increasing: Risk Implications in 2026
Two major lightning networks track strikes above the Arctic Circle. One shows a dramatic fivefold increase over the past decade; the other shows minimal
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Two major lightning networks track strikes above the Arctic Circle. One shows a dramatic fivefold increase over the past decade; the other shows minimal

Standard lightning safety rules tell you what to do, but they don’t often tell you why those rules work. That gap leaves you guessing

The sky darkens. Thunder rolls in from the west. Your crew looks up from the rooftop, waiting for someone to make the call. The

A deep-dive into the artificial intelligence architecture behind the world’s most advanced lightning risk assessment platform. Lightning risk assessment has never been simple. For

For over a decade, the global standard for protecting infrastructure from lightning remained largely static. Engineers used the same formulas, the same maps, and

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