Atlas of Our Changing Environment on Google Maps
Through illustrations, satellite images, ground photographs and powered by Google Maps,
this interactive media depicts and describes
humanity's past and present impact on the environment. The primary focus is on environmental status and
trends over the last 30 years, in terms of both physical and human geography.
Atlas of Our Changing Environment on Google Earth
Google Earth is an innovative software that
allows users to "fly" around a virtual planet Earth. Download the software at Google Earth.
After downloading the software access Atlas of Our Changing Environment material via the "Global Awareness" layer
or click on the title link to download the KMZ file.
(KMZ File, 68kb)
Publications:
Through a combination of ground photographs, current and historical satellite
images, and narrative based on extensive scientific evidence, this publication
illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and continue to
make observable and measurable changes to the Africa's lakes and its
environment.
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Increasing concern as to how human activities impact the Earth has led to
documentation and quantification of environmental changes taking place on land,
in the water, and in the air. Through a combination of ground photographs,
current and historical satellite images, and narrative based on extensive
scientific evidence, this publication illustrates how humans have altered their
surroundings and continue to make observable and measurable changes
to the global environment.
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