NASA Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 12 June 2007

Status Report From: NASA HQ
Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2007

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 June 2007)

Earlier Earth Observatory Updates

New Features:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/

* Satellite Monitors Rains that Trigger Landslides

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/LandslideWarning/ Researchers are developing a landslide early-warning system that uses space-based measurements of rainfall combined with a global risk map based on terrain, landcover, and soils.

In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:

Three Gorges Dam, China
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17674

Tornadoes Strike Northern Wisconsin
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17673

Southern Everglades National Park, Florida
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17672

Aquatic Plants Choke Lake Olomega
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17671

Wave Clouds over the Arabian Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17670

San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17669

Mudtrails from Fishing Trawlers in Gulf of Mexico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17668

Blooming Seas West of Ireland
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17667

* Media Alerts

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

• Scientists Study Impacts of Industrial Logging in Central Africa
• Salty Ocean Provide Early Warning for Climate Change
• Dirty Snow May Warm Arctic as Much as Greenhouse Gases
• Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Accelerating as Climate Warms
• Study of Underground Lakes in Antarctica Could Be Critical
• Understanding What Causes Rain

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

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

• Landslides, Storms Kill 73 in Bangladesh
• 66 Die in China Flooding, Landslides
• Hong Kong's 'Red Tide' Spreads
• At Least Six Dead in Australia Storms
• Hong Kong Winters May Vanish in 50 Years: Weather Expert
• Midwest Residents Clean-up Storm Damage
• Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Base
• 28 Dead in Mideast After Rare Cyclone
• Hurricane Simulator to Blow Real Houses Down
• Geysers Reappear After Landslide
• Caribbean's Reef-Building Coral at Risk
• Study: Hurricane Surge 'Normal'
• El Nino, La Nina Cycle Needs Watching: Experts
• Powerful Cyclone Slams Into Oman Coast
• Melting Glaciers Flowing Faster
• World Warmer Than Average in Year to May: UK
• Delta Islands May Become First Casualties of Warming

* New Research Highlights

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

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