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Yucatan deforestation

These two photographs of the northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula were taken nearly four years apart, the top photograph in November 1985, and the bottom in October 1989. Large areas of the east coast have been recently cleared. Hurrican Glibert hit Cozumel (the offshore island)and the Yucatan Peninsula in late 1988. The following spring, much of the downed timber from the storm burned, leaving the large cleared patches seen from space. We continue to monitor changing landuse in the Yucatan. 
(61A-491-17, S34-71-21)


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