Amazon Deforestation: Timelapse

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. The Amazon rainforest is shrinking at a rapid rate to provide land for farming and raising cattle. Each frame of the timelapse map is constructed from a year of Landsat satellite data, constituting an annual 1.7-terapixel snapshot of the Earth at 30-meter resolution. … Read more

Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Researchers keep tabs on deforestation in the Amazon by satellite imagery, but to know the reality of what’s causing it, you have to be on the ground. Watch this video of researchers Robert Walker’s and Eugenio Arima’s recent Amazon adventure. For more about this work, visit “Journey to the Center of the Amazon” at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119428&org=NSF … Read more

The Deforestation of the Amazon (A Time Lapse)

In this NASA timelapse, satellite images show the rapid deforestation of the amazonian rainforest. Join the conversation on Facebook http://www. FACEBOOK /thedailyconversation Add TDC to your circles on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter http://www.#/thedailyconvo Music: “Private Reflection” by Kevin MacLeod: http://tinyurl.com/bmwwjdx Video Rating: / 5 ENVS 3370 Science Communication Assignment Christie Todd … Read more