Satellite shows extent of terrible destruction to the planet - BBC

Satellite images give us an extraordinary perspective on deforestation and just how vast the problem has become. In Madagascar, we see the effects of an 80% reduction in forest over 30 years. With so few trees left to hold the red earth in place, it shifts from the island into the rivers. It looks as if Madagascar is bleeding.

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[somedude]

They always say ‘take only pictures, leave only footprints, ’ but pictures over time show just how devastating the footprints of mankind really are.

[sippycup]

It hurts in my heart, mind, soul, and body when i see a tree getting cut

[dcmasterxgaming]

Its sad really knowing what we doing and not caring

[alwaysyouramanda]

This is like going back in time to see what destroyed the ecosystems of Mars.

[naemvlogentertainer]

That's why at the moment I feel 40° heat .. Damage has been done!

[crazyotaku]

Yet we call ourselves an intelligent race

[Anthrostatic]

In all this vastness, in all our obscurity, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves!
-Carl Sagan

[toddlavigne]

we are going to pay dearly for this some day

[gatchatwari]

We don't deserve the gift god gave us bc we rn't looking after the gift properly.

[mrgrim]

I think I agree with Mayr and Chomsky: intelligence is a lethal mutation, not a beneficial trait.

[berimbolo]

People often ask, " what can we so to save our planet?!" I've said it a bunch of times and no one seems to care when something makes sense. At this point all you can do is smile.

[deryab]

Little things like neighbours cutting down just one tree is enough to make my blood boil. If you don't want a tree in your garden, then go live in a shitty council estate and stop ruining beautiful rural areas and the homes of wildlife 🤷‍♀️ I hate humans. They're ridiculously selfish

[chloemurray]

This needs to stop how can we be so cold hearted to let our amazon and other rain forests go down for something so use less we can eat thigs that are not meat its rediculous this needs to stop.

[cookiess]

Good job humanity we finally united and did something together we killed the earth

[gabrielemiller]

While we are distracted by the virus and the news, little by little the environment is being devastated systematically 😞

[himanshushrivastava]

It makes me feel so sad. We have almost killed our planet.

[w.e.]

It is up to us to donate to reforestation campaigns or buy the land and reforest it ourselves. We don't have much time.

[rbe]

I don't think our civilization will make it

[Delosian]

I watched a documentary on Madagascar on Deutsche Welle, where they blamed all this on climate change. The locals cut down all the trees which turned their country into desert, then wonder why it no longer rains. Trees release moisture in a process called Transpiration, so they basically did this to themselves.

[tiff]

Most here are quick to say that this is awful and that something needs to be done about it, ... yet when it comes to changing their own lifestyle to help, such as choosing not to eat meat, choosing not to breed, choosing to walk or cycle or public transport instead of cars as to reduce demand for crude oil... people then immediately become evasive or decide to point the finger at something else