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AUGUST 2, 2022 Weekly News

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Extreme Rainfall Leads to Midwest Flooding Such extreme precipitation events and weather are becoming more likely with climate change.       A July of Extremes In the United States, pervasive and persistent heat domes put more than 150 million people under heat warnings and advisories in the month of July.       Dusty Glaciers in Iceland Windstorms lofted sand and dust from the ground onto the Vatnajokull ice cap.       Neeltje Jans, Zeeland A network of coastal protection projects have allowed approximately 9 million people to live below sea level in The Netherlands.       A Swirl of Dust Over the Atlantic Pulses of dust from the Sahara Desert reached the Caribbean and parts of the United States in July.       Tracking Deluge and Drought through Soil Moisture From soaked to dry, the variable state of U.S. soils has implications for farmers and crop production.       Clearer View of Great Lakes Air Quality Scientists and regulators are using satellite data and custom models from NASA to help monitor ozone pollution.       RECENT BLOG POSTS             August Puzzler Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.             NOTES FROM THE FIELD Quadcopter Takes Flight in a Maryland Forest August 1, 2022 Students retrieved and analyzed leaves form the tops of trees—the same part of the forest that is observed by instruments on the International Space Station.             NOTES FROM THE FIELD To Infinity and Beyond July 28, 2022 Teaching and telling others about science is what keeps Alex Haughton coming into work.

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