Amazonian deforestation on Google Maps
Back in primary school I used to read those fact books and one of those facts that stuck in my mind is that trees were being cleared from the Amazon at the rate of several football fields a day. This is the result. Scarily, you only have to zoom out three times to know exactly where on earth you are looking.
http://www.googolmaps.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=1173&ttitle=Amazonian_Deforestation
Back in primary school I used to read those fact books and one of those facts that stuck in my mind is that trees were being cleared from the Amazon at the rate of several football fields a day. This is the result. Scarily, you only have to zoom out three times to know exactly where on earth you are looking.
http://www.googolmaps.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=1173&ttitle=Amazonian_Deforestation