NASA Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 29 January 2008
In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
- Heavy Snow in China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17908 - Unusually Intense Rain Floods Southern Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17907 - Port of Suez, Egypt
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17906 - Retreat of the Tasman Glacier
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17905 - Ship Tracks off British Columbia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17904 - Dust Storm off Western Sahara
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17903 - Global Temperature Anomalies: 2007
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17902 - La Nina Rainfall Patterns
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17901
* NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- El Nino at Play as Source of More Intense Regional U.S. Wintertime Storms
- Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss
* Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Earth’s Getting ‘Soft’ in the Middle
- Seismic Images Show Dinosaur-Killing Meteor Made Bigger Splash
- Forests Could Benefit When Fall Color Comes Late
- Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key to Dating Sedimentary Rocks
- Newly Discovered Active Fault Building New Dalmation Islands off Croatian Coast
- First Evidence of Under-Ice Volcanic Eruption in Antarctica
- Human Activities Contribute to California’s Global Warming
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Warming May Cut U.S. Hurricane Hits
- Giant Internal Waves Caught Breaking
- Unmanned Aircraft Could Monitor Hurricanes
- Antarctic Volcano May Still be Active
- Wet Weather a Boon for Coral
- Thick, Old Arctic Ice Nearly Gone
- Researchers Challenge Water Flow Model
- Mix of Factors Led to Record Arctic Ice Melt in 2007
* New Research Highlights http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/