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The ozone hole above Antarctica opened early this year. Huge Tonga undersea volcano eruption may be to blame
By Tereza Pultarova published
The ozone hole above Antarctica has opened up unusually early this year. Scientists think the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that sent shockwaves around the world in January 2022 may be to blame.

A blue supermoon and soaring ocean temperatures created a perfect storm for Hurricane Idalia
By Sascha Pare published
The storm intensified overnight and made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, on the morning of Aug. 30.

Did the Tonga undersea volcano eruption cause this year's extreme heat?
By Patrick Pester published
The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption may have contributed to this year's heat, but it's not causing climate change.

Watch new NASA sensor measure US air pollution from space in real time (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
The first images from NASA's new space-borne air pollution sensor reveal how levels of toxic pollutants change within a day across the United States.

Satellite imagery captures wildfires breaking across Greece (photo)
By Stefanie Waldek published
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites are monitoring changes in the fire to aid civil protection and humanitarian response.

Satellites reveal catastrophic year for emperor penguins amid climate crisis in Antarctica (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.

Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
By Sascha Pare published
Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
By Sascha Pare published
Methane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as they have when Earth's climate flipped from a glacial to an interglacial period.
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