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He said the co-op's decision was impacted when a review of their pole change-out program uncovered a high failure rate in pole tops, due primarily to two factors: woodpecker and lightning damage ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

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The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. The research was led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Gora studies how lightning impacts ...