NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 22 January 2008
In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
- La Nina Rainfall Patterns http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17901
- MESSENGER Views Mercury, Sends Earth a Postcard
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17900 - Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17899 - Kyushu, Japan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17898 - Small Tropical Cyclones Contribute More to Annual Rainfall
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17897 - Ramsar Convention and Wetlands in Vietnam
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17896 - The Dawn of a New Solar Cycle
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17895 - La Nina Still Going in January 2008
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17894
* NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Tsunami Research Makes Waves in Science Community
- 2007 Tied as Earth’s Second Warmest Year
* Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Record Warm Summers Cause Extreme Ice Melt in Greenland
- Alaska Glacier Speed-Up Tied to Internal ‘Plumbing’ Issues
- Evidence of Glaciation in ‘Super Greenhouse’ World
- A Warming Climate Can Support Glacial Ice
- Older Arctic Sea Ice Replaced by Young, Thin Ice
- Quakes Under Pacific Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulatory System
- Electric Sand Findings Could Lead to Better Climate Models
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Ancient Tsunami Behind Huge Yellowstone Explosion
- Northeast Winters Warming Fast
- Ice Sheets Existed During Global Heat Wave
- Desert Mystery Has Electrifying Answer
- Antarctic Trips to Boost Research
- As Arctic Ice Melts, South Pole Ice Grows
- 2007 was Another Warm Year for USA
- Deep Sea Vents: Hot, Wet, Weird
- Humans Blamed in Coral Reef Disappearance
- ‘No Clear Trend’ In Forest Loss
- Deep Sea Corals Under Scrutiny
- Placing Blame for Corals’ Demise
- Climate researcher tackles New Guinea glaciers
- Reason for Earthquake Season Revealed
- Baby Mammoth Could Shed Light on Warming