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These
images
show
deforestation
near
Santa
Cruz,
Bolivia
from
1984
to
1998.
In
the
initial
1984
scene,
some
clearing
as
already
occurred
in
the
humid
forest
and
chaparral.
The
long
striped
clearings
in
the
center
of
the
scene
are
predominately
from
soybean
farms
created
by
Mennonite
and
Japanese
farmers.
The
more
circular
patterns
appears
in
a
grid
pattern
to
the
North
(up)
and
West
(left)
are
government-run
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An animation of Bolivian deforestation from 1984 to 1998 from Landsat imagery
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An animation of Bolivian deforestation from 1984 to 1998 from Landsat imagery
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An animation of Bolivian deforestation from 1984 to 1998 from Landsat imagery
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Photographs from Olympic National Forest, 1997
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BU graduate student Conghe Song taking a GPS reading in front of a recent clear-cut. -
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Looking at time through the Landsat Satellite
series. We see Mount St. Helens in 1973, 1983, and 2000. Scientist
can see how the local area is healing after the 1980 eruption
of the volcano.
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Looking at time through the Landsat Satellite
series. We see Mount St. Helens in 1973, 1983, and 2000. Scientist
can see how the local area is healing after the 1980 eruption
of the volcano.
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Throughout
much
of
the
1980s,
deforestation
in
Brazil
eliminated
more
than
15,000
square
kilometers
(9000
square
miles)
per
year.
That
pace
has
only
increased
through
the
90s
and
into
the
21st
century.
Brazil
is
also
home
to
more
than
a
quarter
of
Earths
tropical
forests.
Considering
that
the
band
of
lush
green
that
circles
the
globe
through
many
equatorial
nations
is
fundamental
to
the
overall
health
...
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Throughout
much
of
the
1980s,
deforestation
in
Brazil
eliminated
more
than
15,000
square
kilometers
(9000
square
miles)
per
year.
That
pace
has
only
increased
through
the
90s
and
into
the
21st
century.
Brazil
is
also
home
to
more
than
a
quarter
of
Earths
tropical
forests.
Considering
that
the
band
of
lush
green
that
circles
the
globe
through
many
equatorial
nations
is
fundamental
to
the
overall
health
...
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Movie of the deforestation of Rondonia from 1975 to 2001. -
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Zoom-in to a California fire (outlined in red).
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