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Give you sense of what you can see from space:

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It's critical that we get information about climate change to students (in classrooms today)

[Sagan:   It's suicidal to create soc [society] that depends on Sci & Tech in which no one knows ... 

• Need next Gen Env Eng & Atmospheric chemists & Comp. modelers

• More important, need citizens that are informed about issue => 
  turn on TV, surf Web ..., Surrounded by articles, opinions, issues related to climate change & global warming

That will be even more true in future

Kids will be asked to make decisions that will affect their lives, their community directly.  To vote responsibly & make informed decisions they'll need to be climate literate.
=> & that's got to start in schools

• Also -  Topic's not going away ... - Need to educate next Gen of Teachers => Background in Topic, to bring to     ->