Know how ugly the Earth is with Google Earth

Satellite images taken several years apart help effectively observe changes in the environment in an exact area on Earth. There is another tool that allows walking on Earth without leaving Eyjabakkajokull glacier in Iceland has retreated 2.8 km since 1973 (Photo: HTV) is very welcome from the seat is Google Earth. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has decided to combine Atlas and Google Earth online mapping tools.

Glaciers are retreating, the forest is thinning, the lake evaporates, the city grows like mushrooms . With Google Earth service, people can now zoom into the Amazon and see the happenings of the destruction. Forests, tracking rivers leading to Lake Chad are only 10% of its surface in 1963, or observing the wide range of parrot-destroyed forests in Malaysia.

Most images in Atlas Atlas of UNEP are implemented by NASA's Landsat program. When these images are widely disseminated, UNEP officials hope the public will be aware of the dangers that the environment faces in some of the Earth's 'hot spots' .

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