NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New – Week of 17 July 2007

Earlier Earth Observatory Updates

The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (17 July 2007)

In the News:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:

Heat Wave in the Western United States
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17710

Flooding in Coffeyville, Kansas
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17709

Typhoon Man-Yi
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17708

Hokkaido, Japan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17707

North Slope of Alaska
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17706

Texas Greenup
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17705

Algae in Great Salt Lake
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17704

Ice Jams the Ob River
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17703

* NASA News

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/

• – Hot, Dry Conditions Spark Wildfires

* Media Alerts

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/

• Volcanic Mudflow Witnessed in New Zealand
• Plants Learned to Respond to Changing Environments
• Faults’ Structure May Dampen Earthquakes
• Melting Ice Drives Polar Bear Mothers to Land
• Changing Climate will Challenge Northeast Agriculture
• Invisible Gases Form Most Organic Haze
• Ancient DNA Reveals Greenland’s Warm Past
• Global Warming is Evaporating Arctic Ponds
• Urban Growth and Changing Rainfall Patterns Linked

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/

• China Says Climate Change Drying Up Major Rivers
• Warming May Bring Hurricanes to Mediterranean
• Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil
• Safer Shipping by Predicting Sand Wave Behavior
• Drought Threatens Navajo’s Crops, Culture
• Changing Climate Will Challenge Northeast Agriculture
• Scientists Get Front Row Seats to Rapid Mudflow
• Fragmented Structure of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Earthquakes
• Soft Corals “Melting” Due to Warming Seas
• Deep Volcanic Fizz Forces Earth to Burp
• Coral Shuffle Helps Reefs Survive Warmer World
• Experts Plan Rating System for El Niño
• How Plants Learned To Respond To Changing Environments
• China’s Tianshan Glaciers Shrinking Fast
• Northeast Faces Flood Risks from Global Warming
• Texas Goes Green after Record Rainfall
• Java Landslide Launched 2006 Tsunami
• ‘No Sun Link’ to Climate Change
• Ancient Culture Prompts Worry for Arid Southwest