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Drought across the United States
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Published August 11, 2011
Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.
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Severe Drought Causes Famine in East Africa
Published July 23, 2011
This map of the most recent growing season in East Africa reveals the poor conditions that led to famine in parts of Somalia and a food emergency in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti.
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Lush Vegetation Brings Locusts to Eastern Australia
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Published April 17, 2010
This vegetation image from March 2010 shows lush vegetation growing in Australia’s interior, where developing swarms of locusts had been spotted.