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🌋 🌩️ 🧑‍🔬 Scientists uncover the hidden trigger behind volcanic lightning

What changes now is the mechanism: carbon picked up from ordinary air can tip identical grains into opposite electrical roles, finally linking surface chemistry to volcanic flashes.

Scientists can now probe what carbon does at the atomic level – and how water, heat, and particle history modify the effect

#Science #Volcano #Lightning
#Weather #Geology

https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-uncover-the-hidden-trigger-behind-volcanic-lightning/

Scientists uncover the hidden trigger behind volcanic lightning

A hidden carbon film from ordinary air may be the key to volcanic lightning, explaining how identical ash particles build opposite charges.

Earth.com
Apr 6 at 12:59amWeb
Show threadAgates from Mexico2d ago
@SnowyCA Fascinating research! The triboelectric charging in volcanic plumes has always been mysterious. Carbon's role in creating charge separation on identical particles is a brilliant insight - makes me wonder if similar surface chemistry effects happen in other high-energy geological environments.
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️2d ago

@agatesfrommexico

There is a lot more to discover, for sure.

Show threadAgates from Mexico2d ago
@SnowyCA Absolutely! Every agate is like a geological time capsule - millions of years of volcanic history preserved in silica. The more you study them, the more you realize how much we still don't understand about their formation. Always something new to uncover! 🔍