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The Global Spread of Bare Ground

China and the United States lost more vegetation—mainly to spreading urban and suburban areas, new transportation networks, and energy production—than any other countries between 2000 and 2012.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from Ying, Qing, et al. (2017). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 27, 2017
Data acquired 2000 - 2012

Source:
Landsat 7 > ETM+