NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 05 February 2008
New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/
* Ancient Forest to Modern City
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AncientForest/
To understand how local weather shifted when the towering forests of the eastern United States gave way to fields and cities, scientists must reconstruct the region’s historical landscapes.
In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
Signs of Summer Thaw on the Antarctic Peninsula http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17915
Earthquakes Hit East Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17914
Tree Canopy Height from 1650 to 1992
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17913
Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17912
Belcher Islands, Canada
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17911
Explorer 1 50th Anniversary
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17910
Low-Level Volcanic Activity Impacts Clouds
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17909
Heavy Snow in China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17908
* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
– NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast
– Glacial Sediments Adding to Louisiana Coast’s Sinking
* Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
– Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink by 50 Percent Since 1950s
– Man-Made Changes Bring about New Epoch in Earth’s History
– When Accounting for the Global Nitrogen Budget, Don’t Forget Fish
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
– The Land that Never Melts?
– Cruising Antarctica to See a Planet in Peril
– Ancient Antarctic Lake Tapped for Study
– Earth Entering New Geologic Epoch?
* New Research Highlights http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/
