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

2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U S Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles

* Smoke from Apple Fire Spreads (Image from Aug 2, 2020; Posted Aug 3, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINOSHIMA VOLCANO Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in November 2013, and it has been expanding since then Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo

* No Rest for Nishinoshima (Image from Aug 3, 2020; Posted Aug 6, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/147081/no-rest-for-nishinoshima/?src=nha

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