Tree cover height SATELLITE IMAGERY
Google Earth ways that are visible even from space satellite
Tree cover height
Displaying Tree cover
Biodiversity intactness
Tree cover loss – 2001 – 2021
Intact Forest Landscapes – 2000 – 2020
Intact Forest Landscapes
A) Reduction in extent 2000-2013
B) Reduction in extent 2013-2016
C) Reduction in extent 2016-2020
Affichage de Tree cover loss avec > 10%> 15%> 20%> 25%> 30%> 50%> 75% de la densité de la canopée
FUNCTION
Planet Basemap
Provides information about essential geographical features, political boundaries and infrastructure on a global scale and provides important context for the all of the data sets displayed on the interactive map
Understand the causes of earths change
CARBON FLUX
Forest greenhouse gas emissions
30m, global, 2001-2021, Harris et al. 2021
Forest greenhouse gas net flux
30m, global, 2001-2021, Harris et al. 2021
Forest carbon removals
30m, global, 2001-2021, Harris et al. 2021
CARBON DENSITY
Tree biomass density
30m, global, Harris et al. 2021
Soil carbon density
Sanderman (2019), ISRIC SoilGrids (2020)
POTENTIAL CARBON GAINS
Potential carbon sequestration rate
reforestable areas, 1 km, Cook-Patton et al. 2020
Explore data related to the drivers and impacts of forest change.
BIODIVERSITY
D) View the areas most important to terrestrial biodiversity.
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CLIMATE
E) View emissions from tree cover loss in the tropics.
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COMMODITIES
F) View tree cover loss within areas allocated for commodity production.
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WATER
G) Explore forest change in each major river basin.
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FIRES
H) Explore fire alerts in near real time.
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As far as we know, Timelapse in Google Earth is the largest video on the planet, of our planet. And creating it required out-of-this-world collaboration. This work was possible because of the U.S. government and European Union’s commitments to open and accessible data. Not to mention their herculean efforts to launch rockets, rovers, satellites and astronauts into space in the spirit of knowledge and exploration. Timelapse in Google Earth simply wouldn’t have been possible without NASA and the United States Geological Survey’s Landsat program, the world’s first (and longest-running) civilian Earth observation program, and the European Union’s Copernicus program with its Sentinel satellites.
I) What will you do with Timelapse?
We invite anyone to take Timelapse into their own hands and share it with others — whether you’re marveling at changing coastlines, following the growth of megacities, or tracking deforestation. Timelapse in Google Earth is about zooming out to assess the health and well-being of our only home, and is a tool that can educate and inspire action.
J) Tree cover height
Visual evidence can cut to the core of the debate in a way that words cannot and communicate complex issues to everyone. Take, for example, the work of Liza Goldberg who plans to use Timelapse imagery to teach climate change. Or the 2020 award-winning documentary “Nature Now” that uses satellite imagery to show humanity’s growing footprint on the planet.
K) Tree cover height
Timelapse for the next decade to come
In collaboration with our partners, we’ll update Google Earth annually with new Timelapse imagery throughout the next decade. We hope that this perspective of the planet will ground debates, encourage discovery and shift perspectives about some of our most pressing global issues.
L) Tree cover height
Google earth ways that are visible even from space satellite
