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In November, satellites often observe large clouds of smoke and heightened fire activity in northwestern India as farmers burn excess paddy straw after the rice harvest—a practice called stubble burning. November 2022 followed this pattern.

Plants need light to grow. However, due to excess nutrients and/or the absence of herbivores less light can reach lower vegetation layers in grasslands. 

In October 2022, a clearing in the clouds revealed a huge, geometric piece of ice floating in the Drake Passage.

A new analysis led by Oxford University researchers has shown the devastating Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume ever recorded. 

For the second time in 2022, stargazers will have the opportunity to view a total lunar eclipse on Nov. 8.