Climate change may be sparking more lightning across the world, and there is an increasing scientific evidence pointing to the trend. The rise in incidences and intenstity of lightning strikes in Brazil could be due to global warming and the growth of major urban centers, a study by the Atmospheric Electricity Group and published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2020. According to a pre-print accepted for journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics recently, the frequency and intensity of lightning strikes in India are expected to increase by 10-25 per cent and 15-50 per cent by the end of this century. Coastal areas may be at the highest risk.