The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 July 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 July 2008)
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/

* Siberia Blog 2008
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/SiberiaBlog2008/
Scientists on a remote river in Siberia send field reports of their expedition to study the impacts of fire and climate change on northern forests and tundra.

* American Carbon: Vulcan Project Maps Nation's Fossil Fuel Emissions in Detail
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AmericanCarbon/
The Vulcan Project maps when and where Americans burn fossil fuels.

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

* Latest Images:
Global Ocean Wind Energy Potential
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18090

Siskiyou Complex Fire, Northern California
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18089

Siberian Expedition 2008: Kotuykan River
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18088

Conakry, Guinea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18087

Piute Fire, Sequoia National Forest
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18086

Annual Carbon Emissions in the United States
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18085

Hurricane Bertha
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18084

Algal Bloom along the Coast of China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18083

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request
- NASA Imagery of Fire and Smoke
- Summer Storms Could Mean More Dead Zones
- Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy Sources
- NASA Mission to be Crystal Ball into Oceans' Future, Mirror to the Past
- New Mission Helps Offshore Industries Dodge Swirling Waters

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects of Eruptions
- Projected California Warming Promises Cycle of More Heat Waves, Energy Use for Next Century
- One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction
- First Broad Look at Soot from Ships
- Early Earthquake Warning: New Tools Show Promise
- Human Influences Challenge Penguin Populations
- Unravelling the 'Inconvenient Truth' of Glacier Movement
- ESA Satellite Assesses Damage of Norway's Largest Fire
- Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming
- Destruction of greenhouse gases over tropical Atlantic
- Air Monitoring Helps Anticipate Possible Ecosystem Changes

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Arctic Ice: Going, Going ...
- Squid, Lobster Numbers Rise as Fish Fall Due to Warming
- Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast
- A Holistic Approach to Saving the Sea
- Climate Race Separates the Weeds from the Trees
- Plants "Climbing" Mountains Due to Global Warming
- Tropical Ocean Sucks Up Vast Amounts of Ozone
- How Overfishing can Alter an Ocean's Entire Ecosystem
- Why Flooding Worsens
- New Pieces in the Climate-Change Puzzle
- Major Lion Die-Offs Linked to Climate Change
- Arctic Volcanoes Exploded at 'Impossible' Depth




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