Eruption To 64,000 Feet At Lewotobi Laki-Laki; Summer Snow Hits Turkey; Europe Swings To Record Cold; Greenland Ice Sheet Gaining Mass In July; + Solar Shutdown

A 64,000-foot eruption in Indonesia, July snow in Europe, Greenland gaining ice — and the Sun going quiet. The climate isn’t following the script.

Eruption To 64,000 Feet At Lewotobi Laki-Laki

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Monday, July 7, launching a volcanic ash column to 19,584 m (64,267 ft)—deep into the stratosphere.

This makes it the highest eruption of 2025 so far—and so the most climate-relevant.