The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

-- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) --

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, snowfall, and winter storms mark the 2020-21 winter season

* Mount Fuji's Missing Snow (Image from Jan 1, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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* Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain (Image from Jan 11, 2020; Posted Jan 11, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1

* 2020 Hurricanes Damage Vulnerable Mangroves (Image from Jan 26, 2020; Posted Jan 13, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS Scientists at NASA report each year on the long-term trend of rising air temperatures over Earth's land and sea surfaces The team assembles its analysis with publicly available data from roughly 6,300 meteorological stations, ship and buoy-based observations, and Antarctic research stations

* 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record (Posted Jan 14, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- SEA AND LAKE ICE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

RIFT AND CALVING AT LARSEN ICE SHELF Scientists observed the cracking and rifting of a Delaware-sized piece of an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula

* Pieces of Iceberg A-68A (Image from Jan 11, 2021; Posted Jan 13, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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FRACTURING AT BRUNT ICE SHELF A series of rifts growing across the Antarctic ice shelf will eventually spawn one, maybe two, large icebergs

* Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year? (Image from Jan 12, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021)
    https://earthobservatory
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