The Columbia Glacier in Alaska is among the sites visited in new timelapse videos from Google Earth illustrating the impact of human life on the planet. — Google/dpa
Google Earth, the online atlas you once used to look up your house and then never returned to, has gained a new feature relevant to all humanity, one that depicts the impact of human life on the planet.
Urban expansion, mining, deforestation and agricultural development - a new timelapse function on the website lets you watch decades of change to specific regions in a few eye-opening seconds.
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