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THE ERUPTION WON’T STOP THESE ISLANDERS

Friday, October 14, 2022

In today’s newsletter, we travel to a volcano-tossed island that is charting a new path, stay away from the confessed werewolf who scared Europe, go deep on the connection between COVID and depression ... and learn about a century-old march on a capital that overthrew a government. Plus, we ask: Does meatless ‘meat’ taste good enough to you yet?

A river of lava flows through a neighborhood

PHOTOGRAPHS BY CARSTEN PETER

Sixty million people live in the shadow of volcanoes worldwide. Last fall, our planet’s fiery power confronted the 86,000-some people of the Canary Island of La Palma in the archipelago’s most destructive eruption in 500 years. For months, lava (shown above) poured from a new volcano, entombing farmland, roadways, and homes in stone.

Now what? Some of the flow will be preserved as a national park to remind locals of their island’s volcanic roots, Nat Geo reports. Other areas will be converted to farmland. But how does an island return to—or change—its way of living after such an eruption? What lessons does La Palma have for the world?

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A farmer sprays a bundle of harvested bananas with water

Changing times: The banana industry, which was vital to the island’s economy, was particularly hard hit by the eruption. This photo, by Nat Geo Explorer Carsten Peter, shows farmer Santiago Alexis Hernández Rodríguez spraying fruit to remove damaging ash. Many trees were buried in the eruption; others haven't been watered because of broken pipes. Read more.

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

An illustration of burgers coming out of a plant pod

ILLUSTRATION BY EDDIE GUY

‘Meatless’ meat is taking off, but is it good enough yet? Readers, you tell us!

Can COVID cause depression?

These confessions from a ‘werewolf’ horrified Europe

Not Jan. 6: The century-old fascist march on a capital that overthrew a nation

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The ghastly, ghost-filled Tower of London, terrorizing people for nearly 1,000 years

Will 150,000 cruise ship passengers help revive America’s Rust Belt?

A fuzzy ball of mating bees: See the wildlife photographs of the year

PHOTO OF THE DAY

A photo of a bend in a river and a 3D image of the same bend in the river

MAGES BY @MARTINEDSTROM

New angles: 3D is helping explore terrain, remote wilderness, and even well-known spots, like Stonehenge. These two images on our Instagram—by Nat Geo Explorer Martin Edström—give a glimpse of next-generation terrain mapping during a caving expedition to the Tian Shan range in Kyrgyzstan. The top photo is real: It’s a regular photo from a drone. The bottom photo shows a 3D model stunning capturing the same landscape, covering nearly a square mile (2 square kms).

Related: How 3D scans revealed the largest cave art in North America.

STONEHENGE IN 3D

LAST GLIMPSE

Two penguins lay in a whole carved into volcanic rock

PHOTOGRAPH BY DEE BOERSMA

A glimmer of hope for rare penguins: No one knows exactly how penguins ended up living on the Galápagos. They likely rode a current toward the equator millions of years ago and evolved. As their numbers plummeted in the last few decades, researchers like Nat Geo Explorer Dee Boersma have chiseled out new nests in volcanic rock away from predators (above, one nest). The penguin population is on the rise here, Nat Geo reports.

GLIMMER OF HOPE

This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Sydney Combs, Jen Tse, and Heather Kim. Readers, do you like ‘meatless’ meat yet—or nah? Let us know! Have a great weekend!

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