Acquired July 29, 2012, this natural-color image shows thick dust plumes blowing northward from Argentina’s Laguna Mar Chiquita.
Published Jul 30, 2012
ne of the worst droughts in the past decade settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008.
Published May 30, 2008
One of the worst droughts in the past decade settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008. Under normal conditions, winter rain and rivers flowing from the mountains of Turkey sustain the rich agricultural land that has fed humanity from the dawn of civilization. But little to no rain fell between October and December during the crucial planting period, and sparse rain fell in the months that followed, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Published Jun 1, 2008
Acquired May 23, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the Argentina coast.
Published May 24, 2011
Acquired July 7, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing from the sediments of Argentina’s Laguna Mar Chiquita.
Published Jul 9, 2010
Continuing an intermittent pattern from the previous month, more dust plumes blew off the coast of Argentina in mid-February 2009.
Published Feb 19, 2009
The impact of drought in northern Iraq in spring 2009 is evident in the poor plant growth shown in this vegetation index image.
Published Jun 13, 2009
A hot, dry growing season has scorched soybean and corn crops in the Pampas.
Published Apr 17, 2018
In late April 2007, the company in charge of the lakes and reservoirs that make up the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in southern New South Wales reported that lake levels were at 10 percent of capacity, the lowest they had been since the system was built about 50 years ago.
Published May 3, 2007
