ESL the topic of interest
Name : Young Gyu Nam
Week 4 : Topic of Interest
B2 High Productive Writing and Speaking
Summary of News Article :
“ Scientists count whales from space ”
Scientist first proves that high-resolution picture from satellite and image-processing software are able to count the number of whales automatically. It is a new approach to detect population of creatures compared to previous methods from a ship or a plane. Its method also extends the possibility to count total population. It can be applied to future tracking of those populations. The research team located on the Peninsula Valdes as a test area found 55 probable whales, 23 possible whales, and 13 sub-surface ones from a combination of the very hi-res panchromatic view and a narrow band of wavelengths in the violet part of the light spectrum. They can also trace the journey of some species that are in risk of extinction, like Southern right whales. The director of research said that they would be able to monitor many species, but they would not know their heath status not. According to Prof Vicky Rowntree from the University of Utah, Satellite data would reduce the risk of bird killed by marine mammal researchers when they are flying to survey whales.
I believe that even though there are limitations to count creatures, for example, on rough seas or murky waters this method analyzing pictures from satellites would be powerful tools for scientist in the future. It is not that they improved the old technique but that they made a new technique with huge potential abilities. In my opinion, we have two possibilities in the future. First of all, if this technique can be used on other animals, such as lions and deer in wildlife, we would know the current number of those populations and be able to understand the balance of nature and control the nature in a good way. There is also another possibility. If we can monitor one species’ journey, we would also obtain their species’ speed and calculate how they
Week 4 : Topic of Interest
B2 High Productive Writing and Speaking
Summary of News Article :
“ Scientists count whales from space ”
Scientist first proves that high-resolution picture from satellite and image-processing software are able to count the number of whales automatically. It is a new approach to detect population of creatures compared to previous methods from a ship or a plane. Its method also extends the possibility to count total population. It can be applied to future tracking of those populations. The research team located on the Peninsula Valdes as a test area found 55 probable whales, 23 possible whales, and 13 sub-surface ones from a combination of the very hi-res panchromatic view and a narrow band of wavelengths in the violet part of the light spectrum. They can also trace the journey of some species that are in risk of extinction, like Southern right whales. The director of research said that they would be able to monitor many species, but they would not know their heath status not. According to Prof Vicky Rowntree from the University of Utah, Satellite data would reduce the risk of bird killed by marine mammal researchers when they are flying to survey whales.
I believe that even though there are limitations to count creatures, for example, on rough seas or murky waters this method analyzing pictures from satellites would be powerful tools for scientist in the future. It is not that they improved the old technique but that they made a new technique with huge potential abilities. In my opinion, we have two possibilities in the future. First of all, if this technique can be used on other animals, such as lions and deer in wildlife, we would know the current number of those populations and be able to understand the balance of nature and control the nature in a good way. There is also another possibility. If we can monitor one species’ journey, we would also obtain their species’ speed and calculate how they