Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 24 April 2007

Tuesday April 24th 2007
Filed Under Earth Observatory 



The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (24 April 2007)

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New Features:

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

* Something Under the Ice is Moving

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

Satellites reveal a complex network of subglacial lakes in Antarctica.

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In the News:

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

* Latest Images:

First 3-D Vews of the Sun

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17624

Lakes Drain under Antarctic Ice Sheet

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17623

Venice, Italy

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17622

Earthquake Raises Ranongga Island

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17621

Chankillo Observatory, Peru

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17620

Dust Storm in Southern California

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17619

Sweat Farm Road Fire, Georgia

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17618

Dust Dampens Hurricane Formation

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17617

* NASA News

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

- Satellites Offer Sunny Outlook on Understanding Polar Climate, With Help of Cloudy Skies

* Media Alerts

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

- Researchers Forecast 1 in 3 Chance of Record Low Sea Ice in 2007

- Scientists Track Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Climate Change

- Scientists and Polar Explorers Brave the Elements in Support of Cryosat-2

- New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-Headed Mythology

- A Change in the Wind

- Climate Change Could Trigger ‘Boom and Bust’ Population Cycles Leading to Extinction

* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

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

- Global Warming Imperils Himalayan Glaciers

- NYC Pledges One Million New Trees by 2017

- Vanishing Honeybees Mystify Scientists

- Whales Recruited as Arctic Oceanographers

- Australia’s Drought Linked to Global Warming

- Climate Experts Say Drought May Be Easing

- Scientists Give Odds on Arctic Sea Ice Shrinkage

- Study: Sudden Sea Level Surges Threaten 1 Million

- Colombia Volcano Erupts, Thousands Flee

- Drillers Target Earthquake Zone

- Hurricane-Warming Link Debated

- Earth’s Oldest Tree Had Fronds, Not Leaves

- Kilimanjaro Ice Set to Linger

- Huge California Surfing Waves Explained

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* New Research Highlights

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

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