redOrbit: Native Americans used smoke signals to indicate danger, and a white plume is sent up by the Vatican when a new Pope is chosen. Now, a new research project by Tel Aviv University researchers and their colleagues shows that where there’s “smoke” there may be significant consequences for local weather patterns, rainfall and thunderstorms. In a new study, Prof. Colin Price, head of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, researched data on lightning patterns …