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1. Crops and Drought
2. Severe Storms
3. Floods

Global Maps

1. Aerosol Optical Depth
2. Net Radiation
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Features

1. Russian Firestorm: Finding a Fire Cloud from Space

   NASA satellites help confirm that a strong firestorm fueled fires in western Russia and drew smoke high into the atmosphere in late July 2010.

2. Notes from the Field Blog: The Western Siberia Expedition 2010

   An international team of scientists working in Siberia report on their expedition to collect data related to the Earth's carbon budget and to document the effects of climate change in the region.

3. Elegant Figures

   Our lead visualizer, Robert Simmon, blogs about data visualization and information design on the Earth Observatory.

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News

1. September 3 NASA Tops Off Earl Research with Historic Global Hawk Flight
2. September 1 NASA and NOAA's Newest GOES Satellite Ready for Action
3. September 1 NASA's Global Hawk Drone Aircraft Flies Over Frank on the GRIP Hurricane Mission

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