A new book from the UN documents satellite photos from the present and from decades previous to demonstrate how the world has changed in a very short time, due to natural and human causes.
These highlight in vivid detail the striking make-over wrought in some corners of the Earth by deforestation, urbanisation and climate change.
The atlas has been released to mark World Environment Day.
The United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep) produced One Planet Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment in collaboration with other agencies such as the US Geological Survey and the US space agency (Nasa).
