Planet Diary Summer 2008 Review

Click icons for key Planet Diary journal entries of 2008. Have a great summer!

Phoenix Makes Perfect Landing on Mars

Hubble Spies Most Distant Galaxy

Telescope Sees Biggest Cosmic Blast

Greenhouse Gas Levels Keep Rising

Glaciers Keep Melting Away

Antarctic Ice Shelf is Breaking Up

Thickest Arctic Ice is Melting

La Niña Will Stay Through Spring

Drought Grips Ethiopia

Deadly Quake Jolts China

Huge Quake Rocks Indonesia

Polar Bear Added to Threatened List

Reefs Hurt By Carbon Dioxide Rise

Chemicals Found in Tasmanian Devils

Locust Threat Grows in Africa

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Grows

Mexican Porpoise is Nearly Extinct

Honeybees Still Hurting in U.S.

La Niña Blamed for Floods

Floods Get Worse in Southern Africa

Invaders Get Foothold in Antarctica

Burkina Faso Meningitis Toll Climbs

Scary Virus Infects Children in China

Bird Flu Rages Across Indonesia

Warmer Oceans Linked to Hurricanes

Toll Climbs From Myanmar Cyclone

Another Cyclone Hammers Madagascar

Snowstorm Blasts China

Killer Tornadoes Rip the South

Chaiten Erupts in Chile

Anak Krakatau Keeps Erupting

New Kilauea Vent Spits Gas