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Updated -- World of Change: Shrinking Aral Sea

The Aral Sea shrank steadily between 2000 and 2009. In 2010, however, water levels in the Southern Aral Sea increased as water flowed into the sea for the first time since 2008.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=eoa-ann

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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/

* Aerosols: Tiny Particles, Big Impact
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Aerosols/?src=eoa-features

Tiny aerosol particles can be found over oceans, deserts, mountains, forests, ice sheets, and every ecosystem in between. They drift in the air from the stratosphere to the surface. Despite their small size, they have major impacts on our climate and our health.

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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Flooding in Pakistan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46715&src=eoa-iotd

* Wandering Ozone Hole in November 2009
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46704&src=eoa-iotd

* Syr Darya River Floodplain, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46668&src=eoa-iotd

* Gandoman, Iran
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46682&src=eoa-iotd

* The Shrinking Aral Sea Recovers
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46685&src=eoa-iotd

* Strong Extratropical Cyclone Over the US Midwest
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46662&src=eoa-iotd

* MISR Mystery Image Quiz
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46614&src=eoa-iotd

* 7.7 Magnitude Quake off Sumatra
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46607&src=eoa-iotd