These maps show where the Earth’s forests are vanishing
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/14/these-maps-show-where-the-earths-forests-are-vanishing
That comes from a new study published Thursday in the journal Science — the first effort to quantify in detail how forests are changing and disappearing over the past decade. The research team, led by the University of Maryland, used Landsat satellite images and Google’s Earth Engine to assemble detailed new maps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-14-at-12.34.47-pm.png A few notable points:
–- The Earth lost 2.3 million square kilometers of forest between 2000 and 2012 and added 0.8 square kilometers. That’s a net loss of an area roughly as large as Western Europe.
