When and where are your chances of being struck by lightning

If it is raining and your on wet land

The thunderstorm lightning is generated by the collision of the charged clouds in the earth's atmosphere. It has a tendency to flow to the earth because it acts as a reservoir for the electrical charges.

In the following condition a person is prone to be struck by lightning:

When a person is standing below tall buildings having no provision of dissipating the electrical lightening because it provides a low resistance path for the flow of charge to the earth.

When a person is standing below a tall tree it also provides low resistance and high conductivity path for the charges to flow to the reservoir earth.

why is arctic sea ice important? arctic sea ice keeps the polar regions cool and moderate global climate. sea ice has a bright surface; 80 percent of the sunlight that strikes it is reflected back into space. as sea ice melts in the summer, it exposes the dark ocean surface.