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)Completely Uninhabited Islands
On the beach have just posted a list of 7 Beautiful but Completely Uninhabited Islands and Archipelagos.
Great places to go if you want to get away from people, though how you get there might not be so simple! I like the look of one of uninhabited islands of the Maldives, what about you?
De Long Islands, Russia
Blasket Islands, Ireland
Uninhabited Islands of the Maldives, Indian Ocean
Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
Heard Island & McDonald Islands, Australia
Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Canada
San Juan Islands, United States
Filed under Off the beaten track, World | Comments (2)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
