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A video showing how the Earth has changed in the last 37 years using the new Timelapse feature in Google Earth.
For over 15 years, Google’s 3D virtual globe, Google Earth, has been showing incredible images of various places on the planet at just a click. Now, with its new Timelapse feature, people can see how the Earth has changed in the last 37 years.
Timelapse in Google Earth includes 24 million satellite photos capturing nearly four decades of planetary change. According to Google, the Earth has seen rapid environmental change in the past half-century, more than any other point in human history.
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by Amy Lupica (Our Daily Planet) In time for Earth Day, last week Google unveiled Google Earth Timelapse, allowing users to see zoomable videos documenting how the Earth has changed since 1984. Through the eyes of a satellite, users can view sobering and sometimes alarming trends of deforestation, sea-level rise, dried up seas, and urban sprawl. Developers hope that this program, a product of 37 years of documentation, can help people see and believe in climate change and fight back.
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Throughout the years, Kuala Lumpur has seen rapid development with buildings and skyscrapers mushrooming in the nation’s capital, creating a dense concrete jungle.
The thing is, it wasn’t like that in 1980’s when there wasn’t that many buildings and Kuala Lumpur was surrounded by trees and greenery compared to right now.
To actually see how the landscape has changed from a few decades ago, you can try out Google Earth Timelapse which allows users to view satellite images from previous years.
How it looked like in the 1980s
Credit: Google Earth Engine Timelapse
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An updated Google Earth feature shows climate change in action over the last four decades.
Launched in collaboration with U.S. and European government agencies, Google Earth Timelapse contains 37 years worth of changes to Earth’s surface, many related to the climate crisis.
In the Amazon, for example, the tool shows large swaths of forest traded for cattle ranches and soybean farms. In Greenland and Antarctica, users can see miles-long glaciers quickly melting away. Wildfire smoke fills the skies above Alberta, Canada; the coast of the Bahamas is devastated by a hurricane; and the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan loses 90 percent of its surface area in a matter of decades.