FOREST_COVER_GLOBAL.png | Naked Scientists

Using Landsat imagery and cloud computing, researchers mapped forest cover worldwide as well as forest loss and gain. Over 12 years, 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) of forest were lost, and 309,000 square miles (800,000 square...

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NASA Goddard, based on data from Hansen et al., 2013.

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