Volcanic explosion penetrates both upper atmosphere and upper crust around the globe
The January 15, 2022 satellite view of the small, uninhabited South Pacific island known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai, from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17). This looping video shows the intense series of eruptions that generated atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves. On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano, 44 miles/70 kilometers south of the Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa, began erupting with a violent explosion. The eruption, one of the largest in the past century, pushed a plume of volcanic ash higher in the atmosphere than ever recorded, about 35 miles/56 kilometers into the sky. In addition to
Globe, U.S. had their 2nd-warmest Septembers on record
September Highlights: The release of the September 2024 U.S. and Global Climate Reports was delayed due to significant infrastructure damage near NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) headquarters in Asheville, NC from Hurricane Helene. NCEI is in the process of returning to full operations and anticipates restoration of most data feeds in the near future. Temperatures were above average across much of North and South America as well as Europe, but globally, temperatures averaged cooler than what was observed during September 2023, ending the 15-month record streak of record warm global temperatures. The year-to-date global temperature was the warmest