Thursday, April 24, 2008

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 April 2008)

In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
Fires Spread Smoke over Buenos Aires
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18006

Tokyo at Night
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18005

Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18004

Spider Crater Close-up
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18003

The Nardo Ring
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18000

Rainfall in Typhoon Neoguri
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17999

Fires in Amur Oblast', Russia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17998

Plume over the Caspian Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17997

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- Researchers Warm Up to Melt's Role in Greenland Ice Loss
- New Atlases Use NASA Data to Chart Ocean Winds

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Tiny Tremors Can Track Extreme Storms in a Warming Planet
- Methane Sources Over the Last 30,000 Years
- Changing Jet Streams May Alter Paths of Storms and Hurricanes
- Absence of Clouds Caused Pre-Human Supergreenhouse Periods
- Flowers' Fragrance Diminished by Air Pollution
- How Strong is a Hurricane? Just Listen

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Ocean Salinity Evidence of Climate Change
- Forecast for Big Sea Level Rise
- Major California Earthquake Likely to Hit Within 30 Years
- Melting Mountains a Time Bomb for Water Shortages
- Undersea Quake Swarm Puzzles Experts
- Scientists Discover 8,000-Year-Old Trees
- Curious Cloud Formations Linked to Quakes
- Melting Causes Lake in Chile to Empty
- Lack of Clouds Amplified Dinosaur-Era Warming
- Solomons Quake First Seen to Jump Tectonic Barrier
- Packed Hurricane Season Ahead
- Underwater Ears Warn of Hurricane Strength
- Earth's Crust Shows Long-Term Wiggle Room
- Climate Change Risk for Endangered Animals

* New Research Highlights
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/

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