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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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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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Extratropical Cyclones Drench West Coast
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Published October 25, 2021
One of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever to strike the Pacific Northwest drew an equally historic amount of moisture onshore.
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Southern California Under Smoke
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Published September 24, 2021
The KNP fire complex and Windy fire are threatening groves of giant sequoias and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders.
Storms Churn Around North America
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Published August 18, 2021
With multiple storms offshore and smoke streaming over the continent, there has been plenty for satellites and scientists to track in recent days.
California’s Dixie Fire Keeps on Growing
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Published August 6, 2021
The largest fire currently burning in the United States continues to produce enormous plumes of smoke.
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A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms
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Published July 29, 2021
For decades, scientists have been tracking extreme thunderstorms created by wildfires. However, the ferocity of the storms that have popped up in Canada in 2021 has surprised them.
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