New maps allow public exploration of the area Goodall has used for research for nearly fifty years Google Maps is now available for Tanzanian forest paths. Users can walk virtually…
Arrest represents crackdown on poaching that claims 1,500-1,800 elephants per year On Monday, September 22, two ivory poachers were arrested in Mozambique during a late-night raid near Niassa National Reserve.…
At around 7-8 cm long, the Mount Mabu pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon maspictus) is a relatively large species. Its name comes from the Latin for ‘painted man’, reflecting the striking green,…
Aerial photo of uncontacted tribe in Brazil. Photo courtesy of the Government of Brazil. In 2008, images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil created ripples. With…
Global Forest Watch showing tree height and forest loss and gain between 2000 and 2012. World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the release of a tool that promises to revolutionize…
Forest cover data for Peninsular Malaysia from the dataset. The University of Maryland, Google, and other partners have made available a trove of forest cover data for download. The data…
A Google Earth image of a fishing weir along the Persian Gulf coast. Google Earth has been once again used by researchers for scientific discovery. Researchers from the University of…
Malaysia had the world's highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new global forest map developed in partnership with Google. Malaysia's total forest loss during…
Forest loss in Indonesia has sharply risen over the past 12 years, reports a new study published in the journal Science. The study, led by Matt Hansen of University of…
Researchers today released a long-awaited tool that reveals the extent of forest cover loss and gain on a global scale. Powered by Google's massive computing cloud, the interactive forest map…
You can now visit up-close and personal some of the world's most imperiled ecosystems on Google Earth: coral reefs. The Google team is working with scientists to provide 360 degree…
New analysis of forest cover in Riau Province reveals the outsized role industrial plantations play in driving deforestation and associated haze. The analysis, conducted by Eyes on the Forest, a…
Google has released a series of time-lapse images showing global change between 1984 and 2012. The project, which was done in conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and…
The forests of Mount Moco were once considered the largest montane forests left in Angola, until researchers discovered more forsts in the Namba Mountains. Photo courtesy of Google Earth. An…
Oil development map for the Amazon basin A new mapping platform combines georeferenced environmental news articles with data on deforestation, fires, protected areas, and oil and gas concessions in the…
Mongabay.com is pleased to announce the beta version of a global forest disturbance alert system (GloF-DAS) developed in partnership with Cal State Monterey Bay and NASA Ames Research Center. The…
The new Sumatra map. Click image to visit the interactive version of the map. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups known as Eyes on…
Forest height in Indonesia and surrounding countries. NASA researchers have released a Google Earth version of a map showing the height of the world's forests. The map was first published…
The Google Street View team in the Brazilian Amazon. Courtesy of Google. Google has posted images of a stretch of rainforest and communities along the Amazon river on its Street…
Google Street View cameras mounted on a speed boat in Brazil. Google is adding addresses along sections of the Amazon River and Rio Negro in Brazil to its Street View…
Grazing halos are clearly seen surrounding coral patch reefs in the Red Sea. Image downloaded from Google Earth Pro 7 June 2011. Image date 19 Dec. 2010. Image copyright 2011…
The Lamont Seamounts are an example of the view from the seafloor synthesized by a team of oceanographers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The seamounts are due west of El Salvador,…
Tambopata rainforest in Peru as mapped by CAO. A new airplane-based remote-sensing and analysis system will enable scientists to catalog tree species as they create three-dimensional maps of tropical forests.…
Redwood trees in Huddart County Park. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The Save the Redwoods League is partnering with Google Earth Outreach and iNaturalist.org to connect citizens and scientists in…
A new animation created using Google Earth offers a tour of an area of forest slated for destruction by logging companies. The animation, created by WWF-Indonesia and David Tryse, with…
With over 200 million forested hectares in 60 countries transferred to community forest management over the past 20 years, this much needed book edited by Margaret Skutsch funded through the…
New monitoring system uses Google Earth to protect endangered archeological sites A new alert system uses Google Earth and other satellite-based tools to protect cultural heritage sites from fire, looting,…
Google released satellite images revealing the devastation caused by the March 11 tsunami in Japan. The satellite images, which are available on Google Earth and Google Maps, show dramatically changed…
DEGRAD, INPE's system for measuring forest degradation in the Amazon rainforest. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world's best deforestation tracking system is found in the country with the most rainforest: Brazil. Following…
Google officially launched Earth Engine, a technology platform that enables scientists using the search giant's massive computing infrastructure to monitor and measure environmental changes. A group of scientific partners is…
