Dec. 6, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 RELEASE: 06-364 NASA RESEARCH REVEALS CLIMATE WARMING REDUCES OCEAN FOOD SUPPLY WASHINGTON - In a NASA study, scientists have concluded that when Earth's climate warms, there is a reduction in the ocean's primary food supply. This poses a potential threat to fisheries and ecosystems. By comparing nearly a decade of global ocean satellite data with several recor ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 05 December 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING FROM TYPHOON DURIAN Typhoon Durian pounded southern Luzon Island in the Philippines on November 30, 2006. Widespread flooding was evident after the clouds cleared on December 3. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14008 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 03 2005 (Posted on Dec 05 2006 10:47AM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON DURIAN Super Typhoon Durian came ashore ...Continue Reading

------------------------------------------ Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 STS-116 CREW SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec. 7, 9:35 p.m., Kennedy Space Center STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off on the STS-116 mission to continue building the International Space Station. During the 12-day mission and three spacewalks, the crew will work closely with flight controllers at Johnson Space Center to install a new segment of the station's girder-like truss and activat ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, December 6, 2006 New Data Show Global Warming Kills Marine Life A decade worth of satellite imaging data has shown for the first time that global warming could devastate marine life, scientists announced today. Risk Takers Follow in Parents' Dangerous Footsteps It's not clear how much of the similarity is genetic, but much of it is clearly learned, a new study suggests. Naked DNA Could Prevent Impotence Preliminary findings from the first human tri ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 RELEASE: 06-362 NASA IMAGES SUGGEST WATER STILL FLOWS IN BRIEF SPURTS ON MARS WASHINGTON - NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the s ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 5, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 5, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 5, 2006 11:02 am EDT* *Lunar Observatories: Grand Plans vs. Clear Problems*Astronomers are split over the merits of lunar-based observatories compared with those in free space like the Hubble Space Telesc ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 December 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Haze clouded the skies over eastern China in late November and early December 2006. Pollution levels reached the highest category in the nation's environmental monitoring index in mid-November. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14002 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 03 2006 (Posted on Dec 04 2006 3:29PM) -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN NEW SOUT ...Continue Reading

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LiveScience.com Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Naked DNA Could Prevent Impotence Preliminary findings from the first human trial of gene therapy against erectile dysfunction found the two patients given the highest doses of the treatment had clinically significant and sustained improvements for up to six months. Gene for Pregnant Male Fish Found A new gene discovered in the gulf pipefish hints as to how a family of fish came to adopt male pregnancy. Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Study Confirm ...Continue Reading

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