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Google Earth To Tackle Deforestation [Google]
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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2052980" data-attributes="member: 246624"><p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_google-deforestation.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Google's services are getting stronger and more powerful with every passing week. Today's announcement at the UN <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/climatechange/" target="_blank">Climate Change</a> Conference in Copenhagen could be a real game-changer, especially in South America and Australia, where deforestation is rife.</p><p></p><p> Areas suffering from deforestation (including illegal logging) can be analyzed and detected instantly, with Google's ultra-fast satellite imagery-processors turning out reports that could be handed over to the government or anti-forestation groups. Normally it'd take several days for that sort of report to be processed, but as Google's invested so much in <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/googleearth/" target="_blank">Google Earth</a>, and it's high-speed servers, they're the perfect company to help tackle the growing problem. [<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/google-earth-uses-cloud-fight-deforestation?partner=rss" target="_blank">Fast Company</a>]</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><img src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2xUr9fp_LYNMfL7bLbO7vKIujg/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2xUr9fp_LYNMfL7bLbO7vKIujg/0/di" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2xUr9fp_LYNMfL7bLbO7vKIujg/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2xUr9fp_LYNMfL7bLbO7vKIujg/1/di" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:H0mrP-F8Qgo" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:D7DqB2pKExk" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:D7DqB2pKExk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=YHmXu38yTQM:6I9RmpjeA3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/YHmXu38yTQM" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
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