Google Earth Now Shows Decades of Climate Change in Seconds
Climate Change, Energy & PollutionSummary
Google Earth has partnered with organizations such as NASA, US Geological Survey to create time-lapse photos of climate change. This is done by using the 24 million satellite photos that were taken over the span of 37 years. The new feature is named Timelapse and uses the imagery from the United States’ Landsat program and the European Sentinel-2 satellites. These two resources provide complete coverage of the Earth. Time-lapse includes the loss of trees in Brazil, ice melting in Southwestern Greenland, and solar farms being created in China. A key aspect of creating these images is removing any clouds or other objects that may have blocked the view of the satellite.