The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 August 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 August 2008)
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:
Monsoon Floods Reshape Indian River
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18132

Aral Sea, 2000-2008
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18131

Cape Farewell, Greenland
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18130

Fires in Indonesia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18129

Tengiz and Korgaljinski Lakes, Kazakhstan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18128

Typhoon Nuri
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18127

Red Rocks in Glacier National Park
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18126

Cropland and Prairie, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18125

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- 2007 Hurricane Forecasts Took Blow from Winds and Saharan Dry, Dusty Air
- Project Anniversary Shows Value of Long-Term Investment in Climate Research
- NASA Study Lights Path to How Smoke Changes Cloud Cover, Climate

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Climate Change: When it Rains it (Really) Pours
- Forward Step in Forecasting Global Warming
- Rare Antarctic Fossils Reveal Extinction of Tundra Before Full Polar Climate Arrived
- Pacific Shellfish Ready to Invade Atlantic

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Arctic Tundra Holds Global Warming Time Bomb
- Alpine Archive
- Heavy Rain Triggers Destructive Tornadoes
- Corrosive Oceans: Carbon Emissions Threaten Ecosystem
- World Heading Toward Cooler 2008
- Coal's Toxic Legacy to the Arctic
- Acid Rain Molecule Tells All
- Ocean Dead Zones Going Global
- Southern Seals Sample Salty Seas
- Satellites Help Explain Greenland Ice Loss Mystery
- Yellowstone Supervolcano is Only Lukewarm
- Shellfish May Invade North Atlantic as Ice Melts
- In the Indian Himalayas, You Can Hear Climate Change Before You Can See It
- Extreme Rains to Be Supercharged by Warming
- Australia's East Coast Climate Zones Heading South
- Scientists Draw Detailed Arctic Map
- Will Grasslands Overtake U.S. Forests Due to Warming?
- Scientists Learn More About Ocean Beds
- The Hottest Water on Earth
- Software Predicts Where El Nino will Strike Next
- Ancient Moss, Insects Found in Antarctica




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