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The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.
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-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

2022 AUTUMN EXTREMES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Climate change has amplified rainfall and floods, heatwaves, drought, and wildfires.

    * Deluge in South Africa (Image from Apr 13, 2022; Posted Apr 14, 2022)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149720/deluge-in-south-africa/?src=nha


-- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2022
Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands.

    * Dust Storm in Iraq (Image from Apr 9, 2022; Posted Apr 11, 2022)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149695/dust-storm-in-iraq/?src=nha

Northern Glaciers are Retreating from the Water
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149670/northern-glaciers-are-retreating-from-the-water/?src=eoa-iotd

* Great Barrier Reef Mass Bleaching Event
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149666/great-barrier-reef-mass-bleaching-event/?src=eoa-iotd

How far can dust travel? Where does it come from? Explore the answers to these questions and make a model of how dust affects sky visibility in the latest issue of EO Kids.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/dust-a-world-traveler/


The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 April 2022)
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Latest Images:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day

* Dungeness Spit
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149674/dungeness-spit/?src=eoa-iotd

* Dust Storm in Iraq
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149695/dust-storm-in-iraq/?src=eoa-iotd

* Flooding in Eastern Australia
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149685/flooding-in-eastern-australia/?src=eoa-iotd

* Watercolors of Torrevieja
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149682/watercolors-of-torrevieja/?src=eoa-iotd

* Clouds Do the Darndest Things
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149677/clouds-do-the-darndest-things/?src=eoa-iotd

* Northern Glaciers are Retreating from the Water
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149670/northern-glaciers-are-retreating-from-the-water/?src=eoa-iotd

* Great Barrier Reef Mass Bleaching Event
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149666/great-barrier-reef-mass-bleaching-event/?src=eoa-iotd

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