Rising from 1.6 billion in 1900 to the current day estimate of 6.8 billion.
Industrialization and expansion have carved up the land for better or worse.
Industrialization and expansion have carved up the land for better or worse.
Presenting an assortment of time-lapse videos depicting massive change on earth:
Urbanization of Dubai
Rondônia, Western Brazil - Deforestation in the Amazon
Reversing Saddam Hussein's devastation inflicted upon the marshes of Mesopotamia
Drought takes it toll on Lake Powell, Utah
all videos constructed from images compiled from NASA's Earth Observatory
