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Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Goldman/AP/Shutterstock (12856458a) A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, . Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average Hot Poles, Nuup Kangerlua Fjord, Greenland

Environment

Arctic and Antarctic see extreme heat and historically low sea ice

Both poles are being warmed by unusually hot air currents, but scientists think the extreme temperatures in Antarctica are a result of natural variability not climate change

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Debris litters a beach after cyclone Mekunu hit Salalah, Oman in May 2018

Physics

Ocean waves from a tropical storm could be focused like laser beams

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TOPSHOT - A man paddles his kayak next to a submerged bus on a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Record flooding in Australia driven by La Niña and climate change

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Lighting, thunder and severe weather on the Great Plains

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Lightning flash measuring 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded

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A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RAP9BI0EP

Environment

2021 in review: Weather records aren’t just broken, they’re smashed

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Lightning hits Florence, Arizona, during the North American monsoon in 2021

Environment

North American monsoon triggered by air currents over Mexico mountains

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Groundstaff pull the covers over the grass court as rain stops play between Germany's Tatjana Maria and France's Kristina Mladenovic during their women's singles second round match on the third day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

Technology

DeepMind AI can accurately predict if it will rain in next 90 minutes

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Space

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 ‘dust devils’ on Mars

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Map of North America

Environment

Texas cold crisis early this year linked to melting Arctic sea ice

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Lightning

Definition

Lightning

Understand the spectacular result of positively and negatively charged particles within storm clouds separating and releasing their charge

Environment

Can we fix climate models to better predict record-shattering weather?

Analysis

Technology

Preparing for a warming world will take a new information revolution

Comment

Earth

Hailstones are not spheres – they’re shaped more like a rugby ball

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Question

Where is the coldest place on Earth?