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• Electrical Treetop Glows Captured During Storms Reveal Natural Air Purification System

  Published: Apr 22, 2026

  Section: Research

  Penn State meteorologists have successfully documented corona discharges shimmering from forest canopies during thunderstorms for the first time in a natural setting. These faint u...

• Penn State Meteorologists Capture First Photographic Evidence Of Treetop Corona Discharges Producing Atmospheric Cleansers During Storms

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A research team from Penn State has documented corona discharges on forest canopies, a weather phenomenon that had eluded direct observation for seven decades. Published in Geophys...

• Juvenile Female Fisher Completes Record Breaking 118 Kilometer Trek Across New Hampshire Snowy Wilderness

  Published: Mar 15, 2026

  Section: Environment

  University of New Hampshire researchers have documented the longest dispersal journey ever recorded for a fisher, tracing a young female's 118-kilometer trek from Durham to the Whi...