Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.
During the last ice age, the sea level worldwide was over 400 feet (122 meters) below the current level, and glaciers extended over about 8% of the planet’s surface, which is equivalent to 25% of the total land area.
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The lifetime supply of toilet paper in Portugal is incredible at 11,323 rolls, which would add up to 643 miles (1035 kilometers) worth of toilet paper, while an average Nigerian will only use about 3 miles or 4.8 kilometers (a mere 56 rolls) in their whole life.
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On average, Europeans dispose of 1,857 cigarette butts per year, making it the smokiest continent on the planet. Andorra is the smokiest country, where people dispose of over six thousand cig butts every year.
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The world has a total forest area of 4.06 billion ha (31%) of the land globally. This area equals 0.52 ha per person, but forests are not spread equally geographically and among the planet’s people. The tropical zone has the most significant proportion of the global forests (45%), accompanied by the boreal, temperate and subtropical zones. More than half (54%) of the global forests have in only 5 nations–Russia, Brazil, Canada, the U.S., and China.
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The American alligator, scientifically known as Alligator mississippiensis, is an iconic reptile native to the southeastern United States, particularly in states like Florida, Louisiana, and Georgia. These large reptiles can grow up to 4.6 meters (15.1 feet) in length and weigh up to 500 kg (1,100 lb), making them the largest reptile in North America.
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The Eurasian brown bear has brown fur, a robust bone structure, and massive paws equipped with claws that can grow up to 10 cm or 3.9 inches long. A full-grown male weighs, on average, 250-300 kilograms (550-660 lb) and reaches a maximum weight of 481 kilograms (1,060 lb), and is nearly 2.5 meters or 8.2 feet long.
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At first glance, it might seem that human activity is relatively insignificant compared to high mountain ranges and vast oceans when viewing the globe from space. But if you look closely, human activity has become so all-encompassing that it can be seen on any continent on Earth. The most exciting fact is that even political borders can be discerned from space, as each country has its specific land-use features.
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The Central Pangean Mountains were a great mountain chain in the middle part of the supercontinent Pangaea that stretches across the continent from northeast to southwest during the Carboniferous, Permian Triassic periods.
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The Total Surface Area of our planet is about 509.6 million km² or 197 million mi². The land occupies only 29% of the Earth’s Surface (148.3 million km2 or 57.3 million mi²). The largest countries by surface area are Russia (3.35%), Canada (1.96%), China (1.88%), United States (1.87%), Brazil (1.67%), and Australia (1.51%). Together they occupy approximately 12.24% of the planet’s surface. 70% of the Earth’s total surface is covered with water (361. 7 million km² or 139. 7 million mi²).
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A forest is an area of land covered by trees. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres), which is about 30% of the Earth’s land surface.
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