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Melt Ponds on Greenland’s Ice Cap
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Published April 7, 2007
Thinner than the 2.3-kilometer-thick center, the outer edges of the Greenland ice sheet develop melt zones like the one shown here during the warm summer months.
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Dust and Clouds over Eastern China
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Published April 6, 2007
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Melting Days on Greenland
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Piton de la Fournaise Volcano
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Published April 5, 2007
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Drought in China
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Normally rainy months in China’s south, February and March 2007 saw almost no rain. In some places, the warm weather allowed winter crops like winter wheat to thrive, growing more thickly than normal. In others, the warm weather and lack of rain withered plants.
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Mount Batu Tara
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Chikurachki Volcano
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Fires in the Southern Midwest
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Eruption of Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island
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Springtime Aerosols over Eastern Asia
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March 31, 2007, marked opening ceremonies for the first “Green China Day,” established to increase awareness of the need for environmental protection. As reported by ShanghaiDaily.com, however, the ceremony in Beijing saw an unwelcome guest: Gobi Desert dust. Roughly 2,000 kilometers south of the capital city, air quality also suffered, in this case from fires in Southeast Asia.
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