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"Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726698
by westurner 2y ago
"Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726698 :
"Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs" (2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07893-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07893-0
- westurner 2y agoA terrestrial life origin hypothesis: gamma radiation mutated methane (CH4) into Glycine (the G in ACGT) and then DNA and RNA.