The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 July 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 July 2008)
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/

* The Ocean's Carbon Balance
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/OceanCarbon/
The amount of carbon dioxide that the ocean can take from the atmosphere is controlled by both natural cycles and human activity.

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

* Latest Images:
Southern Ocean Carbon Sink
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18076

Regional Patterns of Sea Level Change 1993-2007
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18075

Santorini Volcano, Greece
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18074

Urbanization of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18073

Rainfall from Typhoon Fengshen
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18072

Forest Fires in California
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18071

Mississippi River Floods Gulfport, Illinois
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18070

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

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Destruction of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic
- Geologists Discover Signs of Volcanoes Blowing Their Tops in the Deep Ocean
- Climate Change Could Severely Impact California's Unique Native Plants
- Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End of Last Ice Age
- Ocean Warming on the Rise
- Nitrogen Discovery Should Help Climate Change Predictions
- Ocean Temperatures and Sea Level Increases 50 Percent Higher Than Previously Estimated

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Climate Change Threatens Two-Thirds of California's Unique Plants
- Antarctic Sticks Out Huge Annual Ice 'Tongue'
- Resonating With the Ocean
- First Antarctic Map Sent to National Archives
- Early Earth Marred by Acid Rain
- More Extreme Weather Expected for U.S.
- Global Warming to Spark Increase in U.S. Wildfires
- Greenland Ice Offers Clues to Last Big Melt
- Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Blasts Off From California
- Greenland Ice Shows Rapid Climate Flips
- Earth May Have Supported Life Earlier in History
- Oceans Warming Faster Than Realized
- New Lookouts for Climate Change
- Arctic Sea Ice Melting Even Faster
- Space Cameras to Monitor Forests
- Harsh Climate Scoured Early Earth
- Did Sea Level Flux Drive Mass Extinctions?




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