The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 2 new images) --

HURRICANE MARIA Evolving from category 1 to category 5 in less than 18 hours, Hurricane Maria brought destruction to several Caribbean islands

• Pinpointing Where the Lights Went Out in Puerto Rico (Image from Sep 28, 2017; Posted Sep 29, 2017)

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• Puerto Rico Landscape Ravaged by Hurricane Maria (Image from Sep 26, 2017; Posted Sep 28, 2017)

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-- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

AUSTRALIAN WINTER DROUGHT AND RECORD TEMPERATURES Persistent high-pressure systems led to a cloud-scare winter with hot days, cold nights, and little rain

• Southern Lights near the Great Australian Bight (Image from Aug 19, 2017; Posted Oct 2, 2017)

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-- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 2 new images) --

ALGAE BLOOM IN LAKE ERIE From July through September 2017, a large bloom of phytoplankton has been coloring western Lake Erie

• Lake Erie Abloom (Image from Sep 26, 2017; Posted Sep 27, 2017)

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• Bloom Persists in Lake Erie (Image from Sep 24, 2017; Posted Sep 26, 2017)

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-- SEA AND LAKE ICE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

GROWING RIFT ON PINE ISLAND GLACIER As the summer of 2017 came to an end, a rift grew on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier

• Rift on Pine Island Glacier (Image from Sep 21, 2017; Posted Sep 26, 2017)

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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

• A-68 Adrift (Image from Sep 16, 2017; Posted Sep 30, 2017)

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