Mapping system shows dramatic changes in surface water over past 32 years
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 09:01
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and Google Switzerland has combined historical data with modern mapping engines to produce high-resolution maps of the world's surface water (which excludes oceans). In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes how they created the new maps and offer some examples of clear changes to surface water over the past several decades.