Global Earth Day 2024 – marking 54 years since the start of this environmental movement in 1970, is a reminder to protect the environment, restore damaged ecosystems, and to encourage others to live a more sustainable life.
Over the past decades, the globe has witnessed many environmental severities like rise in global temperature, oceans getting warmer, retreating glaciers, and rising sea levels amongst others. Hurricane Ian in US and Cuba, flood and drought in China, European drought, flood in Pakistan, drought in Brazil, and flood in South Africa are some major events that happened due to climate change.
Even though efforts are being made, the situation hasn’t changed much. Governments around the world have enacted many significant green policies to protect the planet and countries are yet to be on track to meet Greenhouse Gas Neutrality by 2050.
Geospatial technology has proved time and again to be a critical part of the solution through the use of space and other next-gen technologies converged with AI/ML.
Most of the countries around the globe such as the US, Russia, China, Australia, Germany, India, and many more are effectively using geospatial technology and covering all the aspects necessary for conserving the environment.
Below are the time-lapse videos showing deforestation, the effects of climate change on ecosystems, and how other human activities like irrigation are affecting the environment.
