NASA Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 18 September 2007

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (18 September 2007)

In the News:

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

* Latest Images:

• Plume from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17774
• Hurricane Humberto's Rapid Development
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17773
• Urbanization Between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17772
• Spring "Green-up" in the Mid-Atlantic
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17771
• Simushir Island, Kuril Archipelago
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17770
• Floods in Northeast India
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17769
• Chlorophyll and Currents in the Red Sea
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17768
• Drought in the Southeast
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17767

* NASA News

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

• NASA Keeps Eye on Ozone Layer Amid Montreal Protocol's Success

* Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/

• Satellites Witness Lowest Arctic Ice Coverage in History
• Climate Change Science Program Receives Progress Report
• Peat, Vegetation Help Reduce Permafrost Thaw
• Sea Ice Getting Thinner

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

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

• More Progress Urged on Ozone Hole
• Peat and Forests Save Permafrost from Melting
• Northwest Passage Opens
• Sea Ice is Getting Thinner
• Earth May Survive Sun's Demise in 5 Billion Years
• Arctic Ice Continues Record Melting

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