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Persistent Dust Storms Batter Iraq
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Published May 17, 2022
At least eight major events have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks.
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Red River Flooding is Worst in a Decade
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Published May 11, 2022
A blizzard, multiple rainstorms, and melting winter ice swelled rivers out of their banks and across a flat floodplain in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba.
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Wild Fluctuations in Sierra Snow
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Published May 6, 2022
The California mountain range alternated between extreme precipitation and none at all this winter.
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Taking Stock of Rocky Mountain Snowpack
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Published May 5, 2022
In the midst of a megadrought, scientists are working to improve snowpack measurements used to forecast water supplies.
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A Grand New Dam on the Nile
Published April 19, 2022
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will boost electricity production and development in Ethiopia, but could have less desirable consequences for other users of Nile River water.
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Dust Storm in Iraq
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Published April 11, 2022
The airborne particles engulfed parts of Iraq for multiple days in April 2022, turning skies orange, reducing visibility, and degrading air quality.
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Clouds Do the Darndest Things
Published April 9, 2022
A high-pressure region combined with a passing frontal system off the South African coast to create an eye-catching gap in the clouds.
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Northern Glaciers are Retreating from the Water
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Published April 8, 2022
Most marine-terminating glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere are shrinking; some have completely left the water.
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Assembling Australia
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Published April 4, 2022
False-color imagery of the Pilbara Craton reveals billions of years of the rich geologic history of Western Australia.
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