Lightning strikes the Earth about 100 times per second.

The Tokyo Skytree is one of the tallest towers globally.

Lahar — volcanic mudflow — can travel faster than a person can run and extends the danger zone far beyond the eruption.

Restoring wetlands sequesters carbon 55 times faster per hectare than planting tropical forests.

Deforestation is responsible for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Volcanic eruptions can produce lightning within ash clouds.

The rafflesia flower is the world's largest bloom — up to 1 meter across and smelling of rotting flesh.

Fireflies can synchronize their flashing across entire forests — a phenomenon studied by chaos mathematicians.