The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory 14 May 2003
New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/
* DAAC Study: Vanishing Ice
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/vanishing/
Konrad Steffen arrived on the Greenland Ice Sheet for the 2002 fieldwork season and immediately observed that something significant was happening in the Arctic. Pools of water already spotted the ice sur
face, and melting was occurring where it never had before.
In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
Fires Surrounding Lake Baikal
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15284
Rains Soak the Southeast
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15283
Phoenix, Arizona
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15282
Tropical Cyclone Manou Strikes Madagascar
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15281
Above and Under the Red Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15280
A Rare Cyclone on the Equator
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15279
Multi-layer Clouds Over the South Indian Ocean
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15278
Patterns of El NiÒo
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15276
* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- – NASA Finds Soot Has Impact on Global Climate
- – Unique NASA Satellite Watches Rainfall from Space
- – Mapping The Greenland Ice Sheets
- – NASA Goddard Celebrates 40 Years of Achievement in Atmospheric Sciences
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- – ‘Pollution’ Threatens Night Sky
- – Report: Warming May Double Australia Deaths
- – Scientists Target Air Pollutants with Lasers
- – Tornadoes Kill 39 in Central United States
- – US ‘Tornado Alley’ Claims Average 80 Lives Every Year
- – Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Topples 1,600 Houses in Northwest China
* New Research Highlights
