http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Your source for monitoring regional and global changes on our planet through images and stories. en-us (PICS-1.1 "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true comment "RSACi North America Server" for "http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/" on "2000.09.27T15:55-0800" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0)) Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:01 EDT Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:01 EDT eo-contact@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/rss/iotd_thumb.jpg http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18027 144 105 Earthquake near Chengdu, China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Library/Giants/WilliamSmith/ William Smith discovered that he could identify rock layers by the unique fossils they held. His... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/NasaNews/2008/2008050626746.html NASA's Terra satellite captured images of Burma (Myanmar) showing the devastation of flooding from... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008043026745.html Scientists have discovered a new climate pattern, the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation which explains... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008043026744.html New calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042826743.html Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/NasaNews/2008/2008042826618.html NASA's Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042526742.html Some light in Earth's aurora glow is polarized – a state not thought possible for the aurora,... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042426741.html A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the southern... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042426740.html Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042426739.html A much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfates into the stratosphere would... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/2008042326738.html Scientists have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 12... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14836 More than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed by a wildfire in the southern part of Palm Bay,... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14835 Typhoon Rammasun was an impressive Category 4 storm in the morning of May 11, 2008. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14834 Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2,... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14833 On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14832 Typhoon Rammasun was an impressive Category 4 storm in the morning of May 11, 2008. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14831 Fires are common in southern Mexico and northern Central America during the February-May dry season... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14830 Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2,... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14829 Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2,... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14828 The first cyclone of the season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma... http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14827 Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2,... http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ For Earth imagery from NASA.