ClimaLens

Global land cover · current state + 24-year change

Global Land Cover — Current State Global · 2021 · ESA WorldCover · 10 m
High-resolution land surface classification at 10 m, derived from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data. Zoom in to distinguish individual fields, forest patches, and urban fabric at a level of detail the MODIS animation below cannot show.
Tree cover
Shrubland
Grassland
Cropland
Built-up
Bare / sparse
Snow and ice
Permanent water
Wetland
Mangroves
ESA WorldCover 2021 · 10 m · Sentinel-1 + Sentinel-2 · ESA / Terrascope
Land Cover Change — 2001 to 2024 Global · 2001–2024 · MODIS IGBP · 500 m
Annual land cover classification from MODIS satellite data. Dark greens are forest — watch the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia as cropland and urban areas expand across two decades.
24 years of satellite imagery

The animation downloads 24 annual frames — one per year from 2001 to 2024. Each frame is a full-world image at 500 m resolution. This may take a moment on slower connections.