The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (17 June 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (17 June 2008)
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
Carbon Monoxide from Central African Fires
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18062

Fires in Virginia, North Carolina
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18061

Floods in Iowa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18060

Bolivian Andes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18059

Isla de la Palma, Canary Islands
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18058

Phosphate Mines in Jordan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18057

Floods in Indiana, Illinois
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18056

Dam Breach Swells Jianjiang River
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18055

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Aircraft Examine Impact of Forest Fires on Arctic Climate
- NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Population in Disaster Aftermath
- For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference
- Student Researchers and Educators Partner with NASA for Unparalleled Results
- NASA Scientists' Model Reveals How Superstorm Plasma Affects Near-Earth Space

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Ocean Life Under Threat From Climate Change
- Mystery of Infamous 'New England Dark Day' Solved by Tree Rings
- Mountain Ranges Rise Much More Rapidly Than Geologists Expected
- Data Show Antarctic Ice Stream Radiating Seismically

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Tidal Ice Quakes are Shaking Antarctica
- Drought Slowing Old Faithful Geyser
- Images Reveal 'Rapid Forest Loss'
- Ships Rewrite Temperature Record
- Building a Baby Earth to Test its Magnetic Field
- Acid Rain Still Taking a Toll on Northeast Forests
- Methane Warmed Ancient Snowball Earth
- Could Dust Weaken Hurricanes?


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