La Niña Returns for a Second Winter - related image preview

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La Niña Returns for a Second Winter

This coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and bring drought to others.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by the European Space Agency courtesy of Josh Willis/NASA/JPL-Caltech, and information adapted from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published December 13, 2021
Data acquired December 1, 2021

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich