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Global Affairs: Massive Earth Changes by Time-Lapse

We’re avid readers of Wired Magazine. Their Science blog consistently publishes articles that speak to our inner nerd. Our recent favorite is a piece featuring Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Earth Changes. If you’re impressed with the view from the airplane, wait til you see these videos. [View Here]

As Wired Reports: “Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we’ve ravaged Earth’s surface with staggering feats of deforestation, irrigation and urbanization — and NASA satellites have captured it all. Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted on NASA’s Earth Observatory, of some of the most impressive conquests of man over environment.” Click Read More for additional information.