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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.
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Great Lakes Cloud Streets
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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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2021 Continued Earth’s Warming Trend
The past eight years have been the warmest in the global record.
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Flash Floods Swamp Iran
Published January 13, 2022
After months of severe drought, a burst of rain is causing problems.
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Red Tide off Rio
Published January 12, 2022
A dark, rainy spring gave way to a vast, long-lived phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Brazil.
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Everest-Area Plant Life Spreads
Increasing vegetation in the Himalaya may have implications for water supplies.
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A View of Vesuvius
Published January 10, 2022
Clouds parted for a glimpse of one of the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth.
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A Wolf Awakens at Night
Published January 7, 2022
Incandescent lava erupts from a volcano in the Galápagos Islands.
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Snowy Scene Surrounding the Salish Sea
After a rainy autumn, winter weather arrived in the Pacific Northwest.
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A New Look at Earth’s Lightning
Published January 11, 2022
A sensor installed on the International Space Station is yielding fresh insights on the global distribution of lightning.
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