Lightning bolts appear to be able to produce neutrons by processes associated with the acceleration of ions to an amount estimated to be about a percent of the cosmic ray neutron production. The corresponding effect on radiocarbon in tree rings can explain the well-known short-term secular errors in radiocarbon dates as being caused by climatological fluctuations in frequency of lightning storms.
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