Google earth outreach and disappearing forests of the world
Google Earth Outreach was launched in April, endorsed by Sir David Attenborough it allows charities to use the Google Earth software to spread information about their causes. TreeHugger posted about a great new Google Earth KML file Disappearing Forests of the World by David Tryse:
This KML shows deforestation data from a number of sources for different countries, including a live ticker for each country.
The world has lost close to half of its forests already today, and the continued high pace of deforestation contributes greatly to climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
There are some other really interesting Maps, including Black Tides: The Worst Oil Spills in History, EDGE of Existance: Mammals and Amphibians, Survival International: Tribes and more. Lets hope these visualisations help raise awareness and make some sort of a difference.
Filed under Environment, Global Warming, World | Comment (0)20 Places Threaterned by Global Warming
Holiday operator On The Beach have a blog and they’ve been writing a few interesting posts of late, one of
the most interesting was 20 Cities, Islands & Countries Threatened By Global Warming, which highlights many of the places that are facing devastation if global warming continues, some of which are closer to home than you might think.
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Our World Now, Global Warming in Photos
Not the nicest way to start your day, but a great article on MSN News puts into pictures the devastating effect we are having on our planet.
The images in this gallery are part of a collection by Reuters and have just been published in a book called Our World Now, which you can get from Amazon
