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Looking for Lightning, Finding Fireballs
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Published January 27, 2022
Researchers are using data from weather satellites to detect meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere.
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Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea
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Published January 25, 2022
The size of the plume was remarkable, as was its unusual path.
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Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation
Scientists track the sources of 97 million metric tons of methane emissions.
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Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai
Published January 21, 2022
NASA scientists have been closely watching the evolution of the volcanic island near Tonga since 2015.
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Guishan Island
Published January 22, 2022
The island off the northeast coast of Taiwan is surrounded by dozens of hydrothermal vents.
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Winter on the Roof of the World
Published January 23, 2022
With an average elevation of 4500 meters above sea level, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of Earth’s highest geographic features.
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Ice Age Canadian Lakes
The lakes, wetlands, and glacial landscape of Manitoba were shaped by glaciers and ice sheets.
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Dust Storm Engulfs Canary Islands
Published January 19, 2022
The event, known locally as “la calima,” turned skies orange and degraded air quality in Gran Canaria and neighboring islands.
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai Erupts
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Published January 18, 2022
Several Earth-observing satellites collected data during and after the potent blast spurred a tsunami and lofted volcanic material high into the stratosphere.
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Great Lakes Cloud Streets
Published January 17, 2022
Winter winds can create long, thin cloud bands that stretch hundreds of kilometers across the sky.
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Two Decades of Change at Toshka Lakes
The rise and fall of these basins depend on fluctuations in the flow of the Nile River.
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Southern Hemisphere Scorchers
Published January 14, 2022
A summer heatwave knocked out power in Argentina, while heat in Western Australia likely tied the hottest temperature ever measured south of the equator.
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