What’s New Week of 27 March 2007

Tuesday March 27th 2007
Filed Under Earth Observatory 



The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (27 March 2007)

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In the News:

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

* Latest Images:

Lahar on Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17596

Aerosol Blanket Likely Thinned During 1990s

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17595

The Sun’s Magnetic Field

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17594

Guanaja Island, Honduras

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17593

Lava Flows in the Grand Canyon

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17592

Haze over Beijing

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17591

Cuzco, Peru

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17590

Spring Migration: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Reach U.S.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17589

* NASA News

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

- Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice Mysteries

- ‘Cool’ Science: JPL Observes International Polar Year

* Media Alerts

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

- Microfossils Unravel Climate History of Tropical Africa

- Changing Ocean Conditions Led to Decline in Alaska’s Sea Lion Population

- International Team Finds Evidence of First Plate Tectonics

- New Tool to Track Carbon Dioxide by Source

- Uncovering Prehistoric Hurricane Activity

- Airborne Campaign Provides Glimpse of Future Satellite Images of Sea Ice

- First Greenhouse Gas Animations Produced Using Envisat Data

- Biologists Produce Global Map of Plant Biodiversity

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

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

- Greenland’s Mysterious Winds Tied to Global Climate

- Major Japan Quake Kills One, Injures 170

- Japan’s Quake Early Warning System Passes First Real Test

- Millions Face Drought in Southwest China

- Antarctic Melting May Be Speeding Up

- Amazon ‘Faces More Deadly Droughts’

- Study: Plate Tectonics Well Under Way 3.8 Billion Years Ago

- Plan For ‘Big One’ in Quake-Prone Areas: U.S. Geophysicist

- Europe-Wide Weather Alarm System Launched

- Juneau Sweats Over Avalanche Risk

- Rumbling Indonesian Volcano Forces Evacuation

- Southern Ocean Current Faces Slowdown Threat

- Storm-Force Winds Exert Less Pull on Ocean Than Expected

- Meteorologists Say Humans Cause Climate Change

- Super-Hurricane Threat Extremely Low

- New Carbon Dioxide Tracking Developed

- Solar Activity ‘Won’t Break Drought’

- Global Deforestation Rate Slows

* New Research Highlights

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