September 1993
From The Space Library
A University of New Hampshire-NASA study revealed that tropical deforestation and adverse effects on tropical forest habitat have increased in the Brazilian Amazon Basin since the late 1970s. Data from the Landsat-4 and -5 satellites covering 1978-88 indicated that although the extent of deforestation was less than expected, deforestation had increased substantially and created adverse "edge-effects" that posed a substantial threat to the habitat of plant and animal species. (El Mundo Latino, Sep/93)
Commentaries appeared in the press both supporting and opposing funding for the Superconducting Super Collider. Supporters of the project noted that the Super Collider involved basic scientific research that would benefit society in countless ways. Critics, admitting that the Super Collider might well advance science, argued that the cost of continuing the program was too high in the current budgetary climate. (LA Times, Sep 24/93; USA Today, Sep 28/93; W Post, Sep 29/93)
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