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    • Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1900

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1900 data set describes anthropogenic transformations within the terrestrial biosphere caused by sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems, including agriculture and urbanization circa 1900. Potential natural vegetation biomes, such as tropical rainforests or grasslands, are based on global vegetation patterns related to climate and geology. Anthropogenic transformation within each biome is approximated using population density, agricultural intensity (cropland and pasture) and urbanization. This data set is part of a time series for the years 1700, 1800, 1900, and 2000 that provides global patterns of historical transformation of the terrestrial biosphere during the Industrial Revolution.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4H12ZXD
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SF2T3M
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NP22C8
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D798B9

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000320-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2014-04-14
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category ANTHROMES, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 255ab662-0a28-438f-b560-65d898731821
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4H12ZXD, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SF2T3M, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NP22C8, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D798B9
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f40f47c0635c33874ab369e7721202647790cd5a2fd8e72e3e5270a8d60c9230
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z/1900-12-31T00:00:00Z

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