NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 12 June 2007
The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (12 June 2007)
Earlier Earth Observatory Updates
New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/
* Satellite Monitors Rains that Trigger Landslides
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/LandslideWarning/ Researchers are developing a landslide early-warning system that uses space-based measurements of rainfall combined with a global risk map based on terrain, landcover, and soils.
In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
Three Gorges Dam, China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17674
Tornadoes Strike Northern Wisconsin
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17673
Southern Everglades National Park, Florida
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17672
Aquatic Plants Choke Lake Olomega
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17671
Wave Clouds over the Arabian Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17670
San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17669
Mudtrails from Fishing Trawlers in Gulf of Mexico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17668
Blooming Seas West of Ireland
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17667
* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Scientists Study Impacts of Industrial Logging in Central Africa
- Salty Ocean Provide Early Warning for Climate Change
- Dirty Snow May Warm Arctic as Much as Greenhouse Gases
- Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Accelerating as Climate Warms
- Study of Underground Lakes in Antarctica Could Be Critical
- Understanding What Causes Rain
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Landslides, Storms Kill 73 in Bangladesh
- 66 Die in China Flooding, Landslides
- Hong Kong’s ‘Red Tide’ Spreads
- At Least Six Dead in Australia Storms
- Hong Kong Winters May Vanish in 50 Years: Weather Expert
- Midwest Residents Clean-up Storm Damage
- Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Base
- 28 Dead in Mideast After Rare Cyclone
- Hurricane Simulator to Blow Real Houses Down
- Geysers Reappear After Landslide
- Caribbean’s Reef-Building Coral at Risk
- Study: Hurricane Surge ‘Normal’
- El Nino, La Nina Cycle Needs Watching: Experts
- Powerful Cyclone Slams Into Oman Coast
- Melting Glaciers Flowing Faster
- World Warmer Than Average in Year to May: UK
- Delta Islands May Become First Casualties of Warming
* New Research Highlights
