Earth's deforestation, 2000-2012. Earth hemisphere map, centred on Africa and Europe, showing the extent of deforestation (red areas) and urbanisation

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Earth's deforestation, 2000-2012. Earth hemisphere map, centred on Africa and Europe, showing the extent of deforestation (red areas) and urbanisation (yellow areas) in the period from 2000 to 2012. Deforestation data from the Global Forest Change dataset from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+).

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Size: 4606px × 4606px
Photo credit: © FELIX PHARAND-DESCHENES, GLOBAIA/HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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