Large blocks of ice melt in Antarctica as the earth warms, the Mississippi River rises causing flooding. NASA space agency has just released photos of the world in the past year from satellites.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 1

January: Cold prices cover the Caspian Sea.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 2

February: Sandstorm in Morocco.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 3

March: 415 km square ice block separates from Wilkins iceberg in Antarctica and begins to melt due to the effects of global warming. Scientists warn that the glacier may disappear within the next 15 years.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 4

April: Tokyo is brilliant in the night.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 5

May: Field in Sudan.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 6

June: The Mississippi River section in the state of Illinois, USA, rises, causing flooding.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 7

July: Mind of the storm Bertha looks from the universe.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 8

August: Clouds fly over Central Asia.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 9

September: The sun in the Amazon river.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 10

October: America's Gulf Coast swamp is destroyed.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 11

November: Traces after the historic forest fire in California state.

World of 2008 viewed from satellites images 12

December: Bolivian forests are devastated, forming huge and square bare land.