Global land change from 1982 to 2016

Land change is a cause and consequence of global environmental change 1 , 2 . Changes in land use and land cover considerably alter the Earth’s energy balance and biogeochemical cycles, which contributes to climate change and—in turn—affects land surface properties and the provision of ecosystem ser...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2018-08, Vol.560 (7720), p.639-643
Main Authors: Song, Xiao-Peng, Hansen, Matthew C., Stehman, Stephen V., Potapov, Peter V., Tyukavina, Alexandra, Vermote, Eric F., Townshend, John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Afforestation
Agricultural expansion
Agricultural land
Agriculture
Agriculture - statistics & numerical data
Agriculture - trends
Aridity
Biogeochemical cycles
Biogeochemistry
Carbon
Climate and vegetation
Climate change
Climate Change - statistics & numerical data
Climate models
Cloud-climate relationships
Deforestation
Domains
Earth, Planet
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Energy balance
Environmental aspects
Environmental changes
Environmental Monitoring
Food
Forestry - statistics & numerical data
Forestry - trends
Global temperature changes
Ground cover
Human Activities - statistics & numerical data
Human Activities - trends
Humanities and Social Sciences
Land cover
Land degradation
Land use
Letter
Mountain climates
multidisciplinary
Net losses
Observations
Reforestation
Satellite data
Satellite Imagery
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Surface properties
Surface science
Trees - growth & development
Trends
Tropical environments
Urbanization
Vegetation
Vegetation cover
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