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Alternate Text: Infographic showing series of small satellite images of volcanic eruption and a line graph of the cooling impact on the stratosphere
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Infographic showing series of small satellite images of volcanic eruption and a line graph of the cooling impact on the stratosphere

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(top) GOES satellite images of the eruption of an underwater volcano near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022. (bottom) Temperatures in the stratosphere over the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, showing the record-setting cold following the eruption. NOAA Climate.gov image, based on satellite images from NASA Earth Observatory and Figure 2.11 in State of the Climate in 2022.