Severe Weather Awareness Week: Dangers of lightning
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Lightning strikes make collecting a fungus for traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit
The Ophiocordyceps sinensis – colloquially called caterpillar fungus or “Himalayan gold” – it can fetch astronomical prices ...
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Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit
As a meteorologist, I study lightning and its impacts around the world. A few factors come together to make the situation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau so dangerous. People hunt for this fungus ...