Environmental conditions across Ghana

Rainfall, soil moisture, fires, vegetation, forest loss and built-up area for each of the 260 districts, worked out from public satellite records. Pick a layer and click a district.

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What the labels mean

Observed

Something a satellite recorded directly, such as a fire or lost tree cover.

Environmental condition

A measurement set against what is usual for that district at that time of year.

Modeled risk

Our own estimate from a statistical model. We test it and publish the results, but it is not a measurement.