Whistler waves created by volcanic lightning may help elucidate the Earth’s plasmashpere

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Volcanic lightning creates whistlers, very low frequency electromagnetic waves, that propagate into the magnetosphere. In the July 2015 issue of Physics World magazine, science writer Ian Randall investigates how researchers are trying to use studies on these whistlers … Read more »

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