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East Africa
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Published January 21, 2012
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2011 Global Temperatures
Published January 20, 2012
Analysis of global temperatures shows that the year was the 9th hottest in the past 130 years. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 2000.
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Dust over the Atlantic Ocean
Published January 19, 2012
Acquired January 19, 2012, this image shows a crescent-shaped dust plume off the west coast of northern Africa.
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Sahara Desert Dust Storm
Acquired January 18, 2012, this image shows dust plumes arising along the Mauritania-Algeria border.
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Migrating Siberian Shrubs
Over the past forty years, shrubs have invaded the Siberian tundra, a sign that the Arctic is fundamentally changing as temperatures warm.
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Tropical Storm Ethel in the south Indian Ocean
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Tropical Storm Funso (08S) over Mozambique and Madagascar
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Dust storm off West Africa
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Measuring Carbon and Trees in the Tropics
Published January 18, 2012
New maps show an estimate of the carbon stored in tropical forests and how sure scientists are about those estimates.
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Dust storm in the Sahara Desert
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Flooding in Northwestern Australia
Published January 17, 2012
Heavy rains filled a dry valley in northwestern Australia between January 6 and 15, 2012.
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Lake Dundas, Western Australia
Western Australia’s Lake Dundas is a salt lake in a dry environment, but it once sat along a drainage channel with headwaters in Antarctica.
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