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Google Earth Timelapse
- propogandist 6y agoThe player starts with how a glacier in Alaska, and it would be nice if they linked to content to explain what and why the glaciers are retreating https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/Glacial-Interglacial%20Cycles https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/Glacial-Inte...
- adamjb 6y agoThat link explains why the glaciers retreated approx 10kya. It doesn't explain glacial retreat over the past half century. If anything the chart seems to show that past trends would have us on the cusp of exiting the current interglacial period, i.e. we should be seeing glacial advances.
- mr-ron 6y agoI like what they are doing but do we need a default .5 second for every year while the content is still loading? And seemingly no way to significantly slow it down?
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoWorks fine while you are sitting inside the google datacenter
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- aerovistae 6y agoI laughed very hard at this comment
- senectus1 6y agoit will loop around and start again.
- ekianjo 6y agoTypical cherry picking of data to focus only of the areas which show negative trends, while reforestation is a thing across the world as the NASA has previously demonstrated: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-india-lead-the-way-in-greening https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-in...
- ian0 6y agoYeah your right no need to highlight deforestation anymore as some countries are planting trees now.
- ekianjo 6y ago> Yeah your right no need to highlight deforestation anymore as some countries are planting trees now. Is that what I said? My point is that if you only show the areas where deforestation happens you are missing the picture where trees are growing. That's called negative bias.
- xplune 6y agoThe thing is, "increasing leaf area" is actually not the aim here. I'm from India and while the deforestation situation is not as bad as (say Brazil for Amazon Rain forest), it is still present in almost every country in the World. Agriculture does NOT mean "restoration". On top of that we should try to increase the restoration of native species of each country or every part of the world and not push non-native species just because they grow fast or take less attention while growing them. That destroys the ecosystem of that area because of something called as Invading Species. I'm not saying that every action taken is wrong or anything, but in this case deforestation outweighs reforestation by a huge margin.
- rimliu 6y agoHow many truly non-invading species there are if you wind back far enough?
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- freakynit 6y agoIt's a shame, and painful, to see humans behaving exactly the same as a virus killing it's host slowly...
- juanbyrge 6y agoIt is very painful. We have this beautiful planet in the universe and we are just destroying it. We are just too primitive in too many ways. I am very concerned what will happen in the next 20-30 years. My only hope is that science can save us somehow.
- xplune 6y agoThe sad thing is there are numerous ways to stop or minimize this at this very moment. The fault here is very very few people are taking it as seriously as it should be. I just hope that people will get some sense before destroying this planet.
- staplers 6y agoShort of a full-scale global revolution that punishes the policymakers and corporate decision-makers who directly make the decision to deforest, mine, and brainwash the populace into compliance, I can't see a reversal from the inevitable cliff. We can barely get people to agree on basic mask wearing during a pandemic.
- xplune 6y agoYeah I agree that the chances of that are slim at the very best, especially after this covid situation. It really showed how straight up stupid and retarded people can be.
- dropmann 6y agoThis comment seems a bit US biased. Other democratic countries, with semi-good political leadership, more educated population and social pressure regulated the spread of the virus quite well so far. I was actually quite impressed how from one day to another people started following those new rules meticulously.
- missedthecue 6y agoTo be honest, I was underwhelmed by most of the change. The greatest marvel was urbanization in China. Simply amazing.
- jcun4128 6y agoIt is interesting how they expand land, even make "islands" out in the seas(?)
- raister 6y agoIt's called "infrastructure" in Brazil. I read 30y deforestation effort. (I'm Brazilian, and quite ashamed right now)
- divbzero 6y agoBrazil is not alone in prioritizing industrialization over the environment. Coal in UK, oil in US, dams in China — just a few of many examples. That shame or sense of responsibility should be shared by many countries.
- Jaruzel 6y agoContext is everything. Not every country is at the same point on the industrial timeline. The UK, US, Europe are post-industrial, and have the luxury to focus on greener energy options. Other countries not so much (yet).
- TremendousJudge 6y agoThe only reason why those places mentioned can be said to be "post" industrial is because they moved most of the industry to other countries. You can't do that forever, you're bound to run out of countries at some point. Not all the countries can be "post-industrial", the metal has to be smelted somewhere
- Jaruzel 6y ago> the metal has to be smelted somewhere Well, Mars. Obviously. /s
- simonh 6y agoCountries like mine benefiting from deforestation are just as culpable, we can't blame it all on Brazil.
- WilTimSon 6y agoInfrastructure and urbanisation are pretty much synonymous with killing off plant life and green zones, sadly. I don't think it's a necessary trade-off but it's the easiest route to take and, historically, humanity is a big proponent of the easiest routes.
- emaildanwilson 6y agoCheck out Dubai go from sand to city, plus all the man made islands pop up.
- Jedd 6y agoMines around Muswellbrook, 200km north of Sydney, NSW, AU. Our commitment to pulling stuff out of the ground and burning it, in the face of all the science, is impressive. https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-32.3917,150.90785,9.671,latLng&t=3.3&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-32.3917,150.9078...
- slowhand09 6y agoI would not argue against that fact. I also expect we'd be chimps staring at a black monolith had we not utilized the resources that abound on this planet.
- Jedd 6y agoProbably. Had we not started cooking our food over open fires, incurring significant damage to our health in the process, our societal and technological progress would also have been retarded. However, that's not a sufficient or satisfactory answer to the question 'Should we still be doing this?'
- sabalaba 6y agoSome interesting links: Beijing and Shenzhen's rapid urbanization: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=39.90419,116.40739,9.999,latLng&t=3.3&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=39.90419,116.4073... Deforestation in Brazil: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-9.27665,-58.51513,5.098,latLng&t=3.42&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-9.27665,-58.5151...
- floatrock 6y agoVegas is a really good one in the US since you can see it gobbling up the desert: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=36.16451,-115.21782,9.737,latLng&t=1.52&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=36.16451,-115.217...
- vnglst 6y agoAnd also that big lake next to it rapidly disappearing. Isn’t that something to worry about?
- X6S1x6Okd1st 6y agoLong term probably, but likely more because of decreased access to snow melt & increased evaporation rather than increased demand. > Changing rainfall patterns, climate variability, high levels of evaporation, reduced snow melt runoff, and current water use patterns are putting pressure on water management resources at Lake Mead as the population relying on it for water, and the Hoover Dam for electricity, continues to increase. To lower the minimum lake level necessary to generate electricity from 1,050 feet (320 m) to 950 feet (290 m), Hoover Dam was retrofitted with wide-head turbines, designed to work efficiently with less flow in 2015 and 2016.[40] If water levels continue to drop, Hoover Dam would cease generating electricity when the water level falls below 950 feet (290 m) and the lake would stabilize at a level of 895 feet (273 m) when the water reaches the lowest water outlet of the dam.[41] In order to ensure that the city of Las Vegas will continue to be able to draw its drinking water from Lake Mead, nearly $1.5 billion was spent on building a new water intake tunnel in the middle of the lake at the elevation of 860 feet (260 m).[42][43] The 3-mile (4.8 km) tunnel took seven years to build under the lake and was put into operation in late 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mead#Drought_and_water_usage_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mead#Drought_and_water_us... Up stream releases 10,150,000 ML per year, Vegas recently upgraded the capacity to consume up to 1,244,000 ML per year. https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water/distribution/article/14068676/las-vegas-isnt-gambling-with-water-supply https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water/distribution/artic... As per usual the capacity of natural systems is much higher than the first order effects from people. It's only when we look at second and third order effects or cumulative effects that we start to see real anthropocentric effects
- trimbo 6y agoTrivia: On the "Construction of the Bay Bridge" one, pan down to the Southeast a little to the Alameda Naval Air Station. In 2001 you can see the construction of the freeway set[1] used for The Matrix Reloaded. Direct link to view: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.79184,-122.33478,12.026,latLng&t=1.73&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.79184,-122.334... [1] - http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/TheMatrixReloaded/FreewayChase/ http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/TheMatrixReloaded/Freewa...
- ManuelKiessling 6y agoNo idea what you are talking about. Sadly, there weren’t any follow up movies to The Matrix.
- me_me_me 6y agoThe second one was alright. There was a lot of interesting lore in it.
- WCityMike 6y agoThe person you're replying to is making a joke. The general meta-structure of said joke is that if something is considered particularly bad, its existence is denied, i.e., "1: SCRUBS only had eight seasons. 2: But what about that one where they were teach-- 1: SCRUBS ONLY HAD EIGHT SEASONS." Etc.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoWell this is the most depressing thing I have seen recently. Was interesting to see the South Australian bushfires one where you can see the land slowly recover after each fire.
- qserasera 6y agoWe need every child to watch and learn about this as they grow up. They will be fighting climate change for the rest of their life.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoIts like watching a very slow car crash you can't stop
- qserasera 6y agoIt's like watching people who dont care destroy what's left of the unknown on our planet for selfish ends. There is knowledge that humans will never access because of need and greed.
- Eduard 6y agoGarzweiler surface mine https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=50.91082,6.4249,9.136,latLng&t=1.34&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=50.91082,6.4249,9...
- vincnetas 6y agoCrawling mine.
- 1horn 6y agoI live in Mönchengladbach and the first thing I thought of, was looking at the Garzweiler mine. It is worth to take a closer look. Here you can see how the Highway (Autobahn A44) is spared at the beginning until it is destroyed around 2006. It was reconstructed and reopened in 2018. It is frightening to see how the villages get eaten by the mine. At the same time you can also see the construction of the relocated villages Otzenrath, Holz and Spenrath north of the mine. https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.06266,6.47476,10.796,latLng&t=1.62&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.06266,6.47476,...
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- BooneJS 6y agoWhile not as devastating as some shown here, 44.3171003, -91.2593236 will show you one frac sand mine in Wisconsin where they’ve leveled an entire hill and shipped it out west. They even built a plant and several new railroad tracks for it.
- totetsu 6y agoCheck out your local library, or geological survey's website to see if they have historical arial photographs going back even further.
- ncr100 6y agoGood lord. The "Deforestation" presentation is horrifying. What an effective use of technology, thank you EarthEngine team.
- uniqueid 6y agoThanks to the EarthEngine team, but only that team. Youtube is an Alphabet (Google) company. Youtube contributed to the rise of authoritarians like Trump and Bolsonaro who scoff at environmentalists. Youtube merrily signal-boosted anti-environmentalist conspiracy theories. What a fantastic world we could have, through new technology. What a mess we actually have, partly because of leadership failures at Google and the half-dozen usual suspects.
- fastball 6y agoNo, the problem is that we forgot to teach (or in many cases – deliberately did not teach) people one of the most basic skills (critical thinking) and now we're surprised that this has come back to bite us in the ass.
- uniqueid 6y agoI think the problem, if we have to pick just one, really is the diet of crazy propaganda Youtube relentlessly pumped to the screens of two billion users for a half decade. Granted, the awesome scale is difficult to comprehend.
- fastball 6y agoYouTube is crowdsourced. That content wouldn't exist if we actually taught people to think for themselves and not just lap up whatever is thrown at them.
- spdustin 6y agoI was raised and taught the same as my brothers. They’re conspiracy theorists. I’m not. I am not alone in this situation.
- praveen9920 6y agoUnfortunately, this is going to be the situation with Himalayan glaciers after new EIA bill India is planning to pass. https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/what-modi-govts-eia-draft-says-why-environment-experts-think-itll-encourage-violations/470248/ https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/what-modi-govts-eia-d...
- KindOne 6y agoUSGS has a vast database of images including aerial, weather satellites, declassified reconnaissance satellites, and other sources. https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ The datasets you pick from can be a bit confusing unless you click the (!) icon next to the names to figure out what they are. I'll provide an example for looking at reconnaissance satellite images of Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Search Criteria (tab): Find Atlanta, Georgia on map. Zoom in on Atlanta, Georgia. Click on a building like the "Fulton County Courthouse" or "Atlanta City Hall" (does not really matter, but somewhere near them). Date Range: 01/01/1970 - 01/01/1980 Data Sets (tab): Declassified Data -> [check] Declass 3 (2013) Click "Results". Click one of the results. Example image: May 15, 1979 - https://i.imgur.com/DXYxWXP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DXYxWXP.jpg - 14,273 x 1,414 px
- watersb 6y agoI lived through the madness of Atlanta in the 1970s. The pace of sub urban development seemed to rival 21st century China in its consumption of concrete and steel.
- jcun4128 6y agowow amazed pictures all the way back to 1980's hmm
- h4kor 6y agoCoal Mining in Germany: 50.9121787,6.5066858 51.6423203,14.1907603
- pixelbreaker 6y agoThis is total junk on a 10Mb connection.
- MindTwister 6y agoAtatürk Dam is impressive/scary https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.57077,38.47465,9.474,latLng&t=3.23&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.57077,38.47465...
- alex_duf 6y agoNow I have the intro music of the Expanse in my head.
- MiguelVieira 6y agoI wonder if they can find any timelapses of nature being restored instead of destroyed.
- sjcsjc 6y agohttps://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.4045,30.05423,11.621,latLng&t=0.03&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.4045,30.05423,... Pripyat (Chernobyl)
- maze-le 6y agoThe port of Rotterdam: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/#v=51.9137,4.1106,10.171,latLng&t=3.3&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/#v=51.9137,4.1106,1... It was already impressive in 1984. Also interesting is the slow migration of sand banks on the Haringvilet estuary.
- wpurvis 6y agoClose to home for me, the removal of mountaintops to get at coal seams in Pike county kentucky: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.47362,-82.47108,9.543,latLng&t=0.03&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=37.47362,-82.4710... The mines are abandoned now Edit: updated link - zoom out, a lot of kentucky is affected by this.
- dognotdog 6y agoThere's also https://earthtime.org/ https://earthtime.org/ which shows the same satellite imagery PLUS all kinds of additional data layers (disclaimer: I work in the lab that created it)
- petejames 6y agoA street view timelapse would be cool to see. Many places would have 10+ years by now.
- leptoniscool 6y agoShrinking Aral Sea: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/#v=44.88118,58.7657,5.452,latLng&t=3.04&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/#v=44.88118,58.7657...
- epberry 6y agoWow what an amazing use of technology. Painful to see so many examples of deforestation.
- tudorpavel 6y agoIt's pretty impressive to see the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement [0] construction beginning around 2010 and its final movement over reactor 4 being completed between 2016 and 2017. Link: https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.38202,30.09999,12.711,latLng&t=3.33&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=51.38202,30.09999... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_New_Safe_Confinement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_New_Safe_Confinement
- homakov 6y agoBerlin airport, haha