European Geosciences Union - See Abstract

Abstract. There is growing concern in Europe about the possible rise in the severity and frequency of extreme drought events as a manifestation of climate change.

Lewis Page, Nov 15 2013

The technical team behind Google Earth have partnered with US government boffins to produce dramatic satellite maps showing how the area of the world covered by forests has changed across the years 2000 to 2012.

The Guardian, November 14 2013

Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released on Thursday.

bill mckibben

This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing’s modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up “refugee camps” for livestock.

This picture gives the reader some basic information about two organizations working to ensure global environmental sustainability.

We can see on the map the world deforestation

Amazon reforestation

The forest is burn to make new fields.

Amazion forest deforestation and land farm