NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 3

This episode discusses land cover and land use change.

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NASA remote sensing data is used to measure how much land is used for agriculture and where farms are in relation to population density. This episode explore the transition between native vegetation, farms, and cities. Satellites show where land use changes have been most significant.

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I would have appreciated a better time-laps of the rain forest. 1975 vs 2009 is pretty steep.