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The View From Space From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp December 16, 1999

 

I. Landsat 7 shows many changes on earth.

A. Changes are shown by a government satellite called Landsat 7.

B. Land has changed on the ground and in space.

C. An eruption caused a large forest to lose all of its trees.

D. Vegetation is finally growing again after fifteen years.

II. Satellite images show effects of clear-cutting and loss of rain forests.

A. For twenty-seven years, pictures have been taken from space.

B. Rain forests have been lost in South America.

C. Northwest forests in the U.S. have been clear-cut.

D. U.S. needs to look at deforestation.

III. Other Landsat 7 pictures of global problems.

A. Glaciers in Alaska have shrunk four miles in the past ten years.

B. Hurricanes Floyd and Irene have damaged the North Carolina coast.

C. Farm run-off and silt have gone into the ocean.

D. Loss of trees has caused hotter weather in the South.

IV. Darrel Williams says that satellite images are a unique photo album.

A. It is like a family photo album.

B. The album's pictures show changes all over the globe.

C. People and the globe look different after 25 years.

V. Terra, a new satellite, is about to be launched.

A. Landsat 7 is to be replaced by Terra.

B. Terra is a more advanced satellite.

C. It will take vital global signs.

D. Terra can take ocean temperatures and figure energy loss.

E. It will keep track of the state of the atmosphere.

 

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