This new tool lets you watch trees disappear in near real time

Global Forest WatchPink is tree loss; blue is gain. Click to embiggen.

Tired of trees disappearing on you? Not like Hogwarts invisibility cloak disappearing, but close: DEFORESTATION. Pretty flaky, right? Always right after they volunteered to do the dishes, too. SMH. Thankfully there’s Global Forest Watch (GFW), a new system to narc on trees gone MIA. GFW pieces together satellite data to see where the sneaky trees have been vanishing from.

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What’s that? Trees can’t just walk off on their own? Someone has to cut them down? Oh right. The BBC breaks it down:

The Earth lost 2.3 million sq. km. of tree cover in 2000-12 because of logging, fire, disease, or storms …

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[S]aid Dr. Andrew Steer from WRI, “From now on, the bad guys cannot hide and the good guys will be recognized for their stewardship.”