The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 May 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 May 2008)
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
Lake Formation in the Aftermath of Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18034

Sichuan Province's Rugged Terrain
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18033

Fires Around Lake Baikal, Russia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18032

Moselle River Gorge, Germany
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18031

Western Namibia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18030

Floodwaters in Burma
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18029

El Gezira, Sudan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18028

Earthquake Near Chengdu, China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18027

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change
- Striking a Balance with Climate Change

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Scientists Identified Earthquake Faults in Sichuan, China
- New Findings on Ocean Nitrogen
- Atmosphere Threatened by Pollutants Entering Ocean
- Atmosphere Threatened by Pollutants Entering Ocean
- Ice Cores Reveal Fluctuations in Earth's Greenhouse Gases

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Natural Changes Pinned to Warming
- Antarctic Melt Releasing DDT, Tainting Penguins
- Water-Cooled Supercomputer Set to Study Climate
- Greenland Ice Has Sensitive History to Warming
- Fewer Wildfires, Less Carbon Stored?
- How Cleaning up America Dried up the Amazon
- Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millenia
- Vog – Volcanic Smog – Casts Haze over Hawaii
- Climate-Cyclone Link Spurs Debate
- Warming Hits Tropical Creatures Harder
- Politician Suggests Mangrove Loss Put Burma at Risk
- What Made the Dust Bowl Bad is in Its Name

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

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