Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- NASA`s Earth Observatory 5AUG09

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 August 2009)
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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Chernobyl, Ukraine
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39679&src=eoa-iotd

* Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Burning in Interior Alaska
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39639&src=eoa-iotd

* Teide Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39621&src=eoa-iotd

* Dust Storm over Iraq
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39600&src=eoa-iotd

* Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39579&src=eoa-iotd

* Heavy Rains in Southern Japan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39584&src=eoa-iotd

* Novaya Zemlya
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39591&src=eoa-iotd

* Carajás Mine, Brazil
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39581&src=eoa-iotd

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NASA News:

* NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39642&src=eoa-nnews

* NASA's CloudSat Captures a Sideways Look at Fading Lana
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39643&src=eoa-nnews

* NASA's Moon Mapper Beholds Home
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39644&src=eoa-nnews

* Researchers Link Tiny Sea Creatures to Large-Scale Ocean Mixing
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39653&src=eoa-nnews

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Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

* Uncertainties Surround Future Monsoons
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39655&src=eoa-hnews

* Jellyfish Help to Stir the Ocean
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39656&src=eoa-hnews

* Bolivia's Indians Feel the Heat
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39657&src=eoa-hnews

* Woodlands 'Losing Biodiversity'
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39658&src=eoa-hnews

* Incan Empire Aided by Global Warming
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39659&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Lava Flow Photographed from Space
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39660&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Rocky Structures Built by Microbes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39661&src=eoa-hnews

* Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39662&src=eoa-hnews

* Tracking Alien Species with Smart Phones
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39663&src=eoa-hnews

* Alaska's Biggest Tundra Fire Sparks Climate Warning
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39664&src=eoa-hnews

* Drilling Deep into an Ocean Fault
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39665&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Ocean Temperatures Could Predict Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39606&src=eoa-hnews

* Getting a Grip on Greenland's Future
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39607&src=eoa-hnews

* Wall Could Stop Desert Spread
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39608&src=eoa-hnews

* Clouds in Climate's Vicious Cycle
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39609&src=eoa-hnews

* Mapping America's Giant Trees
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39610&src=eoa-hnews

* Why Raindrops Come in Many Sizes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39611&src=eoa-hnews

* Mystery Blob Leaves Scientists Puzzled
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39612&src=eoa-hnews

* New Study Backs UN Panel on Ocean Rise
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39613&src=eoa-hnews

* Formula Found to Explain Earth's Evenly Spaced Valleys
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39614&src=eoa-hnews

* Comet Impacts Triggered Ice Age Extinctions?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39615&src=eoa-hnews

* Light Brings Lakes to Life
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39616&src=eoa-hnews

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Press releases from institutions that either address climate research or are NASA-funded.

* Wildfires Set to Increase 50 Percent by 2050
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39650&src=eoa-manews

* Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39651&src=eoa-manews

* Douglas-Fir, Geoducks Make Strange Bedfellows in Studying Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39652&src=eoa-manews

* Scientists Discover Amazon River is 11 Million Years Old
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39654&src=eoa-manews

* Smaller Than Expected, but Severe, Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39617&src=eoa-manews

* Earliest Animals Lived in a Lake Environment
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39618&src=eoa-manews

* Study Sheds Light on Earthquake Hazard along San Andreas Fault
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39619&src=eoa-manews