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

INTENSE SAHARAN DUST EVENTS The world's largest non-polar desert is also the leading source of atmospheric dust

* Dust From Chad (Image from Dec 12, 2019; Posted Dec 16, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

LONG-TERM DROUGHT IN AFRICA Parts of Africa have been plagued by dry seasons growing hotter and rainy seasons arriving later and with less water for crops and livestock

* Drought Threatens Millions in Southern Africa (Image from Dec 1, 2019; Posted Dec 16, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/146015/drought-threatens-millions-in-southern-africa/?src=nha

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