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Hurricane Lala hits Hawaii, weakens to tropical stormIMAGE
cbsnews.com• Aug 17, 2026• 1 min read
Hurricane Lala hits Hawaii, weakens to tropical stormThe Big Island of Hawaii was sideswiped by Hurricane Lala this weekend. While it avoided a direct hit, the governor said at least 100 homes were damaged or lost. Lala is now a tropical storm, but the danger is not over for the island chain. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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Tiny patches of deforestation drive tropical carbon lossIMAGE
esa.int• Jan 8, 2026• 1 min read
Tiny patches of deforestation drive tropical carbon lossOften called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate the global climate. While the threat of large-scale deforestation is well known, new findings reveal a surprising culprit – the clearance of small areas of forest accounts for more than half of net carbon losses across the Tropics.
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NASA’s TROPICS Mission: Offering Detailed Images and Analysis of Tropical CyclonesIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jun 9, 2025• 1 min read
NASA’s TROPICS Mission: Offering Detailed Images and Analysis of Tropical CyclonesIntroduction Tropical cyclones represent a danger to life, property, and the economies of communities. Researchers who study tropical cyclones have focused on remote observations using space-based platforms to image these storms, inform forecasts, better predict landfall, and improve understanding of storm dynamics and precipitation evolution – see Figure 1. The tropical cyclone community has leveraged […]
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