The Changing Earth

Hello! Welcome to the Geomatics Academy!

For the first activity you'll need the following links:

1. Introduction
2. Explore
   • UN Atlas of Environmental Change
   • Find examples of two different types of change to the environment: growth (an increase) and decay (a decrease).
3. Activity

   Choose one of the following environmental topics, read about the topic, analyze the satellite images, plot the data on a graph.

   • Lake Chad: description | satellite data
   • Irrigation in Saudi Arabia: description | satellite data
4. Report

   Tell the class about what you found. Include:

   • What is the name of your place?
   • Where is your site?
   • What changes are occurring there? (show pictures)
   • Show a graph of the changes.
   • Based on your graph, what do you think will happen in the future?