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Impact of Land Use and Mining

Aerial views of landscapes affected by mining and natural resource extraction, showing alterations to the environment.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Asia, Western Mongolia, Bayan-Olgii. Suhayt, dung piles, used to heat with and to cook, outside a Ger.

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft lifted off at 1 02 p.m. EST, 10 02 a.m. PST) atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government. The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value.

Tents of Kenya refugees after 2008 violence Kenya

Cultural landscape with olive groves and photovoltaic plant, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Flooding, El Paso, TX - Municipal crews attempt to clear streets and drainage systems of water, mud and debris between record-breaking rains in late July/early August 2006. El Paso County was declared a Federal Disaster Area following rain and thunderstorms which caused mud slides. Robert J. Alvey/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Work fields Copyright work: xzoonar.com/tolox 23028099

Aerial view of a small village along Elton Lake in Vengelovskoe, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

control de potabilidad de agua, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipio del departamento de Quiché, Guatemala, America Central.

LAO - VIENTIANE LA COMPROMISEMême si elle se rapproche du million dhabitants, Vientiane a encore les allures dune bourgade à côte des mégapoles des pays voisins telles que Bangkok ou Ho-Chi-Minh Ville. Cela nempêche pas la capitale laotienne de rêver du même destin. La culture ancestrale du Laos, étroitement liée au culte bouddhique, se veut sans vains désirs ni ambitions démesurées. Aujourdhui, la rupture est totale et Vientiane en est lillustration. La croissance exponentielle du pays est principalement due aux investissements étrangers, avec en première ligne la Chine, qui viennent puiser dans les nombreuses ressources naturelles du pays, notamment dans les secteurs miniers, forestiers et hydroélectriques.Ainsi, avec la mondialisation qui entraine luniformisation des modes de vie et ces nouvelles richesses qui sont créées, les habitants de la capitale aspirent à un nouveau destin. Tours de verre, centre commerciaux, parcs dattraction, restaurants et cafés branchés commenc

KHM - ENV - TONLE SAPPortrait of the Tonle Sap region, the largest lake in Southeast Asia with a unique natural phenomenon, which is now threatened.KHM - ENV - TONLE SAPPortrait de la région du Tonle Sap, le plus grand lac d'Asie du Sud-Est avec un phénomène naturel unique, qui est aujourd'hui menacé.

A wind farm in the town of Voh New Caledonia

Asia, Russia, Siberia, Buryatia, Ulan Ude

Coastal Storm Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm Winter Storm - Malibu, Calif. , March 25, 2010 Rambo Pacifica roadway was closed due to a severe landslide caused from heavy winter storms. Public Assistance is authorized to State and local governments for emergency work and the repair and replacement of disaster damaged roads, bridges and facilities. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Israeli settlement on the West Bank

Madrid 06-06-2008 Drought situation in the Tablas de Daimiel national park in the province of Ciudad Real photo Jaime García.

Cellphone mobile transmission tower disguised as a fir tree in California Tall mobile phone transmission aerial or tower disguised as a large fir tree in California Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 11601513

Aerial photograph of structural ruins and forest regeneration after bushfires near Clarence in the Central Tablelands in regional New South Wales in Australia

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

LAO - VIENTIANE LA COMPROMISEMême si elle se rapproche du million dhabitants, Vientiane a encore les allures dune bourgade à côte des mégapoles des pays voisins telles que Bangkok ou Ho-Chi-Minh Ville. Cela nempêche pas la capitale laotienne de rêver du même destin. La culture ancestrale du Laos, étroitement liée au culte bouddhique, se veut sans vains désirs ni ambitions démesurées. Aujourdhui, la rupture est totale et Vientiane en est lillustration. La croissance exponentielle du pays est principalement due aux investissements étrangers, avec en première ligne la Chine, qui viennent puiser dans les nombreuses ressources naturelles du pays, notamment dans les secteurs miniers, forestiers et hydroélectriques.Ainsi, avec la mondialisation qui entraine luniformisation des modes de vie et ces nouvelles richesses qui sont créées, les habitants de la capitale aspirent à un nouveau destin. Tours de verre, centre commerciaux, parcs dattraction, restaurants et cafés branchés commenc

WA, Vantage, Wild Horse Wind Facility, Puget Sound Energy, Visitor Center

Coal Bed methane development, WY

Cuenca, 08/03/2022. Report of drought in the Buendía reservoir, in the province of Cuenca. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

RUSSIA, SIBERIA, NEAR CHITA, LJASSNOI VILLAGE

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, has been erected atop Orbital Sciences' Taurus XL rocket for a Feb. 24 launch. OCO will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere. Scientists will analyze OCO data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important greenhouse gas.

Burn marks, forest fire, wildfire, Cinigiano, Grosseto province, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Terraces at landfill. Arrival at the landfill of household waste. Terraces at the landfill. Arrival at the landfill of household waste. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NikolayxZirovx 16723962

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Asbestos abandoned mine during reforestation Cyprus

The cleaned up Oakridge Trailer Park which was devastated after the Sylmar Wildfire in November 2008. Tree planting and reforestatation .

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Mongolian gers

pillar with a prohibition sign and barbed wire fence

Water storage for almond and citrus orchard, Costa Blanca, Alicante Province, Valencia, Spain, May

Aerial view from a Cessna aircraft, destroying a forest with bulldozers, the biomass is distributed over the cleared land and then burned, Gran Chaco, Salta, Argentina, South America

Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Copyright: xZoonar.com/marcinxjuchax 21202398

Douglas, Arizona, The U.S.-Mexico border fence in Guadalupe Canyon. President Joe Biden stopped new construction of the fence in this remote region after he was inaugurated, calling it a waste of money.

Aerial view of a mountaintop removal coal mining operation near Powellton, West Virginia.

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Hidden Springs Fire Station was protected by efforts of firefighters, but surrounding area was completely burned. April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire. The Station fire, the tenth largest wildfire in California History burned over 160,000 acres from late August to mid October 2009. Angeles Forest Highway, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California, USA

SPAIN Andalucia Environment. Rubbish dump on mountainside..

San Ysidro, California, Three fences at California's Border Field State Park separate the United States and Mexico near the Pacific Ocean. The original fence runs over the hilltop at right. A newer fence with a paved road on each sides is in the center. Meanwhile, the state of California has not had the money to fix the eroded access road at Border Field State Park (foreground) so that the park is closed to traffic.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Delta first-stage booster for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, is towed to the Horizontal Processing Facility at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. OCO-2 is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in July. The observatory will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and provide scientists with a better idea of the chemical compound's impacts on climate change. Scientists will analyze this data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important atmospheric gas.

A distant shot of Camp Hunt, a safe haven, where Haitians are kept. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Agriculture under plastic, Anamur Plain, Taurus coast, Southern Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Douglas, Arizona, The U.S.-Mexico border fence in Guadalupe Canyon. President Joe Biden stopped new construction of the fence in this remote region after he was inaugurated, calling it a waste of money.

Plastic greenhouse near mount in Turkey

Greensburg 2011. Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Spain, Andalucia, Environment, Rubbish Dump On Mountainside.

Hauts de France, Pas-de-Calais, Calais, aerial view. Migrant camp east of Calais, close to the TransMarck zone, a logistics and transport hub.

Aerial of the remains at the golf course camps. All migrants have been moved to Camp Bulkeley, and teardown of the golf course camps has begun. The remaining tents are used for inprocessing of new migrants. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Luftaufnahme Landwirtschaftlicher Flaechen bei Gaziantep, 21.02.2023

power distribution in front of a rock formation in Taltal, Northern Chile

Aerial photo of Jonestown, Guyana. FBI photo taken during the investigation of the People's Temple mass suicide. Nov. 1978.

Aerial view of a dark green lake surrounded by arid land and scattered buildings under the bright sun, Gwazaye, Kano, Nigeria.

Aerial, map and satellite view of landscape, nature and desert outdoor with field. Land, trees and above with dust, neighborhood and roads with rural development from top with woods and farm terrain

Woman Gardening, Katsuragwa River, Kyoto, Japan.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

the Agraculture in the village of San Nicolas on The Gran Canary Island on the Canary Island of Spain in the Atlantic ocean.. EUROPE CANARY ISLAND GRAN CANARY

Syrian refugee camp in the Beqaa, Lebanon

Solar energy power plant in the Himalayas, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet, China

Beehives on the bank of Kinneret lake, Israel

viewpoint Forum :terra nova on Hambach surface mine, open-pit coal mine, mining lignite. Elsdorf Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine Germany

Israeli Jewish settlement, in Occupied West Bank near East Jerusalem,

A view of homes destroyed by brush fires that swept through the area. Base: Santa Barbara State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The second stage, or upper stage, of a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket winds its way along the roads from Building 836 to the Horizontal Processing Facility at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.The Delta II rocket will be used to deliver NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, into orbit. SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for November 2014.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A security detail accompanies the second stage, or upper stage, of a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket on its move from Building 836 to the Horizontal Processing Facility at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.The Delta II rocket will be used to deliver NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, into orbit. SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for November 2014.

AGRICULTORES VAREANDO LA ACEITUNA EN EL MES DE MARZO. Location: EXTERIOR. PROVINCIA. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Greece in fire - 2023 - 07 - 2023 - Aerial THESSALONIKI, GREECE - JULY 28, 2023: Aerial photo - Wildfire Engulfs Forest in Greece - Thessaloniki Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanilxRoudenkox 20571004

A USFWS employee measures the depth of runoff by the side of a road on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch. Location: California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: SAN DIEGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

VISTA GENERAL DE OLIVARES. Location: EXTERIOR. UBEDA.

Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territory, near Jerusalem. 2016

Siberia Russia

Alicante 07/11/2013 Torrevieja Desalination Plant Photo Juan Carlos Soler archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Aerial view of a mountaintop removal coal mining operation near Kayford Mountain, West Virginia.

Green Algae blooms on Lake Titicaca Puno Peru

Jordan, Industry, Phosphate Mine Between Aqaba And The Border With Saudi Arabia.

viewpoint Forum :terra nova on Hambach surface mine, open-pit coal mine, mining lignite. Elsdorf Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine Germany

A flash flood in the wadi through the centre of town, Nizwa, Oman, Middle East

03/04/2021. Port of Navacerrada (Community of Madrid). In April they did not renew the exploitation concession for the three ski slopes in the northern area of the Port, dismantling all the infrastructure and reintegrating the area into the landscape. El Telégrafo slope and chairlift. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

Burn marks, forest fire, wildfire, Cinigiano, Grosseto province, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Alicante 07/28/2014 Drought in the Santa Bárbara Castle archdc.

Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territory, near Jerusalem. 2016

Orihuela (Alicante), 09/19/2019. Consequences of the cold drop that caused enormous damage in the Spanish east. Photography: Rober Solsona, archdc.

Demonstration against shale gas in Ardeche France

Wildfire, mountains and nature with smoke, emergency and threat with danger, city or buildings. Empty, forest and environment with plants, climate change or global warming with warning in Los Angeles

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Masdar City, renewable energy ecocity, with a low carbon transport network and a zero waste strategy

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