An analysis of direct human impacts across Earth's land surface using global satellite images and ground surveys reveals the scale of the 'human footprint' on the world and its changes between 1993 and 2009.
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McGowan, P. Mapping the terrestrial human footprint. Nature 537, 172–173 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/537172a
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