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Updated 15 December 2006

OUR CHANGING PLANET The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007 A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

A side-by-side comparison of Landsat Thematic Mapper 30m (left) and Ikonos 1m (right) false-color imagery shows the ancient ruins of Tikal�a Mayan city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest that was lost for almost 1,000 years. The Ikonos imagery resolution of approximately 1 meter can detect individual pyramids, pathways, and small structures. Credit: T.L. Sever, NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center.

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