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Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging “extreme heat belt” that could deliver more scorching days within 30 years. So far, there’s no unified plan to make our dwellings safe in the dangerously high temperatures to come.
As the world swelters through record temperatures, scientists say an unusual culprit may be partly to blame: an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga in the South Pacific last year.
As the world swelters through record temperatures, scientists say an unusual culprit may be partly to blame: an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga in the South Pacific last year
Scientists suggest an odd culprit may be to blame for the world's record temperatures: an underwater volcanic explosion off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific last year. While most large eruptions create a sun-dimming haze, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption in January 2022 ejected the equivalent of 60,000 Olympic swimming pools of water into the stratosphere, well above the planet.
While most big blasts cool the planet with a sun-dimming haze, the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in January 2022 blew the equivalent of 60,000 Olympic swimming pools of water into the stratosphere, high above the planet