NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 11 September 2007
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/
* Buzzing about Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Bees/
A Maryland beekeeper’s annual records of honey production reveal that flowering trees are blooming nearly a month earlier than they did a few decades ago.
In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
- Drought in the Southeast
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17767 - Fires and Smoke Across South America
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17766 - Nardo Ring, Italy
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17765 - Beijing
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17764 - Heatwave in Southern California
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17763 - Burn Scars Around Olympic Birthplace
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17762 - Increasing Tropical Rainfall
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17761 - Hurricanes Henriette and Felix
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17760
* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- Wildfire Imaging Missions Continue
- New Sensors Warn of Hurricane’s Strength
- NASA and NOAA Partner to Monitor Algae in Great Lakes
* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Icy Calculations on a Hot Topic
- Acid Rain has a Disproportionate Impact on Coastal Waters
- Role Reversal as Humans Suck Life Out of Leeches
- Volcanoes Key to Earth’s Oxygen Atmosphere
- Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record Warmth
- European Hot Spots and Fires Identified From Space
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Deep-Sea Vents ‘No Climate Haven’
- Most Polar Bears Could be Gone by 2050
- Distant Space Collision Meant Doom for Dinosaurs
- Sea Ice Loss Imminent, Researchers Say
- NOAA Reports La Nina is Developing
- Climate Change Sucks Life from Rare Leech
- New Antarctic Base Ready for ‘Sexy’ Research
- South-East Asia At Risk From Another Tsunami
- Experts: Expect 6 More Hurricanes in 2007
- Acid Rain May Hit Coastal Waters Hard
- UK Peatlands Face Future Stress
- Vast Ice Island Trapped in Arctic
- Record Rains for British Summer
- Global Warming Flood Threat Worse Than Predicted
- Greek Wildfires, Visible From Space, Shatter Records
- Experts Work on Volcano Warning
- Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record U.S. Warmth in 2006
- Rising CO2 Levels Fueling Shrub Invasion
- Antarctic Ozone Hole Early in 2007
