The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory 1 May 2007
In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
Drought in Southwestern United States http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17631
Fires in Southern Georgia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17630
Kwangju, South Korea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17629
Messina Strait, Italy http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17628
Drought in West Africa http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17627
Subglacial Lakes, Antarctica http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17626
Recovery Ice Stream http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17625
First 3-D Vews of the Sun http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17624
* NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Models Show Trees Can Slow Increase of Atmospheric Carbon
- NASA’s AIM Mission Soars to the Edge of Space
* Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Chinese Traffic Restrictions Yield Quick Air Cleansing
- First Genome Comparison of Plankton Species Yields Surprises Underlying Key
Ocean Processes
- Models Underestimate Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
- Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’ May Be a Key to Understanding Climate Change
- Plants Do Not Emit Methane
- Scientists Link Volcanic Eruptions That Formed North Atlantic Ocean to Ancient
Global Warming
- Global Warming, Antarctic Ice is Focus of Multi-National Workshop
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted
- Work Remains on Flood Damage to Rainier
- Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands
- Australian Cities Facing ‘Big Dry’ Water Shortages
- Climate Report to Warn That Time Running Out in Greenhouse Gas Battle
- Moderate Earthquake Strikes England
- April Weather Set to Break Record
- Scientists: Prehistoric Volcanoes Heated Earth
- Fish Growing Faster as Oceans Warm
- Ice Shrinks, Birds Migrate Early in Warmer Arctic
- Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Trap Greenhouse Gases
- Outdoor Seven-Story Lab Simulates Big Earthquake
- Texas-Mexico Tornado Death Toll Reaches 10
- China to Force Rain Ahead of Olympics
- Researchers Probe Fossilized Rain Forest
- Storm Piles 16 Inches of Snow on Colorado
- 2004 Quake Wounded Earth’s Crust
* New Research Highlights
