The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 June 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 June 2008)
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
Launch of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18069

Global Aerosol System 2000-2007
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18068

Summer in Greenland
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18067

Heat Wave in Northern Europe
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18066

Vermilion Cliffs and Paria River, Arizona
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18065

Dust Storm over the Middle East
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18064

Forest Change on New Ireland, Papau New Guinea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18063

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

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Launches Ocean Satellite to Keep a Weather, Climate Eye Open
- NASA, Air Resources Board to Examine California Air Quality
- NASA Mission Poised to Help Us Gauge Our Rising Seas

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Ebb and Flow of the Sea Drives World's Big Extinction Events
- Ancient Mineral Shows Early Earth Climate Tough on Continents
- Scientist Highlights Urgent Need for New Computer Models to Address Climate Change
- Computer Models Show Major Climate Shift as a Result of Closing Ozone Hole
- Freshwater Runoff From the Greenland Ice Sheet Will More than Double by the End of the Century
- Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Roadside Crater Should Have Made More of an Impact
- U.S. On Pace for Record Tornado Season
- How Long Does it Take a Rainforest to Regenerate?
- Most Experts Foresee a Repeat, at Least, of 2007 Arctic Ice Loss
- Atlas Shows How Climate Changed Africa
- Seabed Scratches Show Icebergs Reached the Tropics
- Florida's Hurricane Simulator
- Before & After: Third Largest Rain Forest Vanishing Fast
- Climate Change Effect on Oceans Underestimated
- Andes Mountains Jumped Like a Cork

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




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