The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 June 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 June 2008)
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
2008 Hurricane Seasons Begin in Eastern Pacific and Atlantic
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18048

Volcanic Plumes and Vog, Hawaii
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18047

Drought in Iraq
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18046

Town of Chaiten
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18045

Green-up in California Burned Areas Poses Fire Risk
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18044

Comparison of Chaiten and Mount St. Helens
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18043

Sichuan Landslides
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18042

Permafrost on Mars and Earth
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18041

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- Satellites Illuminate Pollution's Influence on Clouds

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- World's Fastest-Growing Mud Volcano is Collapsing
- Large Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt Climate Change
- Pacific Coast Turning More Acidic
- Scorched Earth Millennium Map Shows Fire Scars
- Seeing Clearly Despite the Clouds
- Study Cites Impact of Anthropogenic Nitrogen on Ocean Biology, Atmospheric CO2

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- New Climate Report Foresees Big Changes
- Can Big Earthquakes Trigger a Domino Effect?
- Vast Cracks Appear in Arctic Ice
- Methane Rise Points to Wetlands
- Growing Ocean Acidity May Erode Coastal Ecosystems
- Ice Flow Alone Explains Why Fjords are Cut So Deep
- Overheated Earth Would Lock Into Place
- Global Warming May Change Ocean Biology
- Fewer Hurricanes as World Warms
- Researchers Warn of Nitrogen Hazard to Environment




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