[Wednesday, August 1, 2007] As Earth's average temperature rises, and most rapidly in the high latitudes, what is happening to the great northern forests of Siberia?

[Wednesday, August 1, 2007] The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, entitled 'Sensing and Understanding our Planet,' took place from 23 to 27 July 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, bringing together more than 1400 participants.

[Friday, August 3, 2007] India has the unique opportunity to host the 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2007) during September 24-28, 2007 at Hyderabad.

[Monday, August 6, 2007] A new study reveals correlations between plentiful sunspots and periods of heavy rain in East Africa. Intense rainfall in the region often leads to flooding and disease outbreaks.

[Monday, August 6, 2007] "The aim of this study is the analysis of the attitudes/opinions of young people around the world towards the subject matter. In order to gather a proper data a survey was developed. This survey will feed in to the SGAC report to the workshop."

[Wednesday, August 8, 2007] The DNA of ancient microorganisms, long frozen in glaciers, may return to life as the glaciers melt, according to a paper published online this week.

[Wednesday, August 8, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Thursday, August 9, 2007] The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) today formally announced the opening of submissions for a nation-wide all-student space art contest.

[Friday, August 10, 2007] Permafrost - the perpetually frozen foundation of North America - isn't so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft.

[Saturday, August 11, 2007] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced today that it has completed the integration and testing of Canada's next-generation Earth observation satellite, RADARSAT-2

[Sunday, August 12, 2007] "We have shifted gears from evaluations of center of gravity and optimal weight for future lunar space suits, to life sciences experiments and crew autonomous exploration operations."

[Tuesday, August 14, 2007] University of Queensland researchers have identified microbial remains in some of the oldest preserved organic matter on Earth, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old.

[Wednesday, August 15, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Wednesday, August 15, 2007] Using a novel underwater robot, UD marine scientists will help reveal the mysteries of the Black Sea's geology and maritime history, including ages-old shipwrecks, during an international expedition that is now underway.

[Wednesday, August 15, 2007] In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40. But new research shows that 60 year olds cannot keep up with 40 year olds on Mount Everest and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying if they do reach the summit.

[Wednesday, August 15, 2007] In the last report we showed you some work going on near the habitat to prepare for work at a remote worksite. Today we'll follow the crew out to their worksites and see what they accomplished.

[Wednesday, August 15, 2007] New findings suggest that a large comet may have exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, explaining riddles that scientists have wrestled with for decades, including an abrupt cooling of much of the planet and the extinction of large mammals.

[Thursday, August 16, 2007] It is hard to know what is going on over 3000 km beneath our feet, but until recently scientists were fairly confident that they understood the way the iron atoms in the Earth's core packed together.

[Friday, August 17, 2007] "We will enter the next decade with an [Earth] observing system that is substantially less capable than we had at the start of the 21st century," testified Eric Barron, Dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas, Austin.

[Saturday, August 18, 2007] Sea surface temperatures are one of the key ingredients for tropical cyclone formation and they were warming up in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and eastern Atlantic Ocean by the middle of August.

[Saturday, August 18, 2007] The chemical fingerprint of a burned-out star indicates that Earth-like planets may not be rare in the universe and could give clues to what our solar system will look like when our sun dies some five billion years from now.

[Saturday, August 18, 2007] The senior science advisor to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has called for the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere network of deep ocean moorings to detect any change in ocean circulation that may adversely influence global climate.

[Saturday, August 18, 2007] After satellite observations started in 1978, the observed area shrunk to its lowest level on August 15, 2007. Ice melting normally continues until mid September, thus further shrinkage of the sea ice area is expected.

[Saturday, August 18, 2007] "I became more and more excited the closer I got to Longyearbyen, Svalbard. After a busy year working in the SAM Lab at NASA Goddard I am returning to the arctic as part of the Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition, otherwise known as AMASE 07."

[Sunday, August 19, 2007] A still photo close-up of the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Dean. Crewmembers on the Space Shuttle Endeavour captured this image around Noon CDT of Hurricane Dean in the Caribbean.

[Monday, August 20, 2007] A monumental experiment buried deep beneath the mountains of Italy has provided Princeton physicists with a clearer understanding of the sun's heart -- and of a mysterious class of subatomic particles born there.

[Wednesday, August 22, 2007] Weekly update of Earth Science news from NASA.

[Wednesday, August 22, 2007] The West Coast has suffered extreme heat and drought this summer, leading to greater danger of wildfires. NASA and the U.S. Forest Service are testing aerospace agency-developed technologies to improve wildfire imaging and mapping capabilities.

[Wednesday, August 22, 2007] ESA satellites are tracking the path of Hurricane Dean as it rips across the Caribbean Sea carrying winds as high as 260 km/h. The hurricane, which has already claimed eight lives, is forecast to slam into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday morning.

[Thursday, August 23, 2007] Observations of solar flares by spacecraft at Mars, Venus and the Earth show that eruptions on the far side of the Sun may affect our "space weather" back on Earth.

[Thursday, August 23, 2007] NASA, in coordination with NOAA's GOES-R Program, has awarded a contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The total estimated value is $92 million, including options.

[Tuesday, August 28, 2007] Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon-both in Earth's atmosphere and in that of Saturn's moon Titan, aided by data gathered from the Cassini-Huygens probe.

[Wednesday, August 29, 2007] NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) in August 2007 for the procurement of the R series of spacecraft for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES).

[Thursday, August 30, 2007] NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise, using the longest and most complete data record available.