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John Howell Chasity Ward Ryan simpson Josh Phillips

Due to the very busy fall schedule of the shuttle and space station astronauts and associated missions and repairs, the fall mission of EarthKAM will consist of a contest in which we investigate, explore, analyze, and annotate images from previous EarthKAM and NASA missions. Most people don’t know how much the climate is affected by deforestation. First of all, trees breathe in carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases can destroy our atmosphere. Trees can prevent landslides and collect rainwater which prevents flooding. Trees collect the rainwater which later evaporates to create rain. This causes drier climates because there’s no rain to evaporate. Companies cut down trees to build factories that release CO2 into the atmosphere. Less trees means less protection for the ground and the extra water causes soil erosion which makes the water around it shallower. Cutting down forests leaves less room for the organisms that lice there forcing them to migrate. One way to get rid of forests is to burn them. Burning forests releases more carbon dioxide into the air which causes global warming. Forests regulate the water in an area and without them, the water would become polluted shallow, or to deep which causes flooding. Trees also regulate heat by absorbing the heat the ground can’t. No trees means a warmer or drier climate. Deforestation in one area can lead to a lack of rain in the areas around it. People can help by telling others about deforestation. Recycling cuts down on trash so the dumps don’t have to use fossil fuels to break trash down. You could buy products that are already recycled. You could plant trees so they could breathe in the carbon dioxide. Deforestation is a serious problem that needs to stop.

Weatherkidz.com/climate.htm [|www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/facts/deforestation/htm]. Rainforests.mongabay.com/0906.htm.