The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (09 September 2008)

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (09 September 2008)
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/

* Rapid Retreat: Ice Shelf Loss along Canada's Ellesmere Coast
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Ellesmere/
Beginning in late July 2008, the remaining ice shelves along the northern coast of Canada's Ellesmere Island underwent rapid retreat, losing a total of 214 square kilometers (83 square miles).

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

* Latest Images:
Hurricane Ike weakens over Cuba
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18147

Both Routes Around Arctic Open at Summer's End
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18145

Floods Cover Bihar, India
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18144

Sunglint on the Amazon River, Brazil
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18143

Ningaloo National Marine Park, Western Australia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18142

Ice Shelves Retreat on Ellesmere Island
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18141

A Stormy Atlantic
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18140

Fires in Mozambique and South Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18139

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- 2008 Hurricane Season Kicks Into High Gear

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake
- Global Sea-Rise Levels by 2100 May be Lower Than Some Predict
- Warmer Seas Linked to Strengthening Hurricanes
- Smoke Smudges Mexico City's Air, Chemists Identify Sources
- Global Warming Greatest in Past Decade
- Ice Age Lesson Predicts a Faster Rise in Sea Level
- Crystals Improve Understanding of Volcanic Eruption Triggers
- Thawing Permafrost Likely to Boost Global Warming
- Why is Greenland Covered in Ice?

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Arctic Ice Hints at Warming, Specialists Say
- Sea Level Rise Limited to Just Over Six Feet
- African Dust Linked to Hurricane Strength
- Asian Soot, Smog May Boost Global Warming in USA
- Supercontinent Pangaea Pushed, Not Sucked, Into Place
- Earth's Windiest Region Confirmed by Crewed Flight
- Seas Will Rise Much Faster Than Thought
- Major Ice-Shelf Loss for Canada
- Strongest Storms Grow Stronger Yet
- Some Seaweed Hampers Coral Recovery
- Why Hurricane Gustav Didn't Become a Monster
- Hurricane Forecast: "No Let Up" in Weeks Ahead
- Climate 'Hockey Stick' is Revived
- Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogen's Effects
- A Blow to the Oxygen Theory of Extinction
- Eruption Gave Several Weeks' Notice; May Aid Forecasts
- The Weekends are More Rainy – and it May be Our Fault
- Sponges Feel the Heat from Climate Change
- Arctic Sea Ice Drops to Record Levels
- Arctic Sea Ice Drops to Second Lowest Level on Record
- Not-So-Permafrost: Big Thaw of Arctic Soil May Unleash Runaway Warming
- Earth's Air in Four Big Cells
- Fewer April Showers for U.S. Southwest as Climate Changes




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