A new website, EarthTime, aims to shows how humans have dramatically changed the planet — such as how glaciers are melting and where refugees are migrating — through time-lapse satellite photos.
Watch how quickly humans are changing the planet in these animations of NASA satellite images
From rising sea levels to an increase in wildfires.
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The site’s interactive maps use images taken by NASA satellites from 1984 to 2016, overlaid with over 300 geospatial data sets from the World Bank, Berkeley Earth and WWF, among others.
Some are projections. For example, this timelapse shows how a good chunk of Florida could be lost to rising sea levels if the average global temperature keeps rising at its current rate, according to scientists’ predictions.
Another one shows the increase of coral bleaching, which is when coral reefs turn white due to warmer water temperatures and become susceptible to disease. The areas where this has happened are highlighted in pink and yellow.
The maps also illustrate sociological patterns — like what countries refugees are fleeing to.
The site was created out of Carnegie Mellon’s Create Labs, in partnership with the World Economic Forum and other organizations.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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