New Delhi, May 19 -- A climate scientist recently lamented that more and more people, particularly farmers, in the Eastern parts of India were being killed by lightning. As he put it, intense thunderstorms cause people, logically, to seek refuge under large trees. But, these trees are lightening conductors and those seeking shelter under them get electrocuted. Lightning strikes are on the increase and its rise is linked to climate change. Research from July 2021 by Rohit Chakraborty et al, from the Indian Institute of Science, suggests that lightning frequency and intensity values across the Indian region are expected to increase by 10-25% and 15-50%, respectively, by the end of the century. Coastal areas are at the highest risk. Meanwhile,...