Google Earth Day Satellite Doodle Shows 6 Climate-Threatened Regions

Karmactive Team

Google marks Earth Day 2025 with satellite images spelling its name using six threatened ecosystems.

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The Maldives forms the first "G" — where 90% of islands already suffer severe erosion and adaptation costs reach $4 billion.

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French Alps create an "O" where glaciers lost 10% of their volume in just one year between 2022-2023.

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Quebec's boreal forests make another "O" — storing more carbon than all recoverable oil reserves combined.

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Argentina's Mendoza vineyards appear in the second "G" — dependent on Andean snowmelt that climate change is rapidly altering.

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Utah's dramatic canyons form the "L" — facing future "megadroughts" potentially worse than anything in the past millennium.

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Australia's resilient outback completes the "E" — where the 2018 drought affected 99% of New South Wales

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What does this space-eye view of Earth reveal about our changing planet?

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Earth Day began April 22, 1970, with 20 million Americans participating in a nationwide "teach-in.

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The 2025 theme "Our Power, Our Planet" focuses on tripling renewable energy generation by 2030.

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Google's satellite perspective evokes the "Overview Effect" — the cognitive shift astronauts experience seeing Earth from space

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How can viewing these vulnerable ecosystems from space change our approach to climate action?

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From the Maldivian coral reefs to Andean glaciers — these satellite images show our interconnected planet.

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Each ecosystem faces unique challenges: coral bleaching, glacier retreat, increased wildfires, and water stress.

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