November 19, 2024

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Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024 Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024

Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.

     
Mount Fuji Bare Again After Fleeting Snow Mount Fuji Bare Again After Fleeting Snow

The volcano's first snow of the season fell in early November 2024—the latest in a 130-year record—only to apparently vanish within a few days.

     
Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas

Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island's marshes and mudflats.

     
Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier

The exceptionally long high-mountain glacier in Central Asia ranges from snowy white near the mountain peaks to dusty brown at lower elevations.

     
Antarctic Icebergs Show Their Colorful Undersides Antarctic Icebergs Show Their Colorful Undersides

The blue underbellies of icebergs were spotted floating near the Amery Ice Shelf.

     
Indonesia Continues to Erupt Indonesia Continues to Erupt

A series of explosive eruptions from Mount Lewotobi lofted ash to the cruising altitudes of jets.

     
Typhoons Line Up in the Western Pacific Typhoons Line Up in the Western Pacific

Four storms swirled in the basin, many of which set their sights on the storm-ravaged Philippines.

     
     
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