How has Dubai changed since the 80's

Dubai - Timelapse comprises five million satellite images from 1984 to 2016.

There has been a lot of changes to Earth's topography in the last three decades. The major reasons for such changes have been attributed to the rapid spread of cities, melting glaciers, natural disasters, etc.
Satellite imagery helps one understand the drastic changes occurred to Earth's topography. 
Google's Earth Engine Timelapse feature provides data and high-resolution images, showing how landscapes have changed in just 32 years.
It compiled 5 million images collected over three decades by five satellites to come up with these videos.
With the help of Timelapse, one can zoom in on any corner of the world and see what has happened to that area over three decades.
Khaleej Times takes a look at 10 of the most striking images from Timelapse:
Timelapse: 32 years of Dubai, in 12 seconds
Dubai has rapidly evolved from a quiet fishing village to one of the most prominent cosmopolitans in the world, boasting of various architectural marvels and man made islands that are visible from space.

5. Until 2000, Denmark's capital Copenhagen was cut off by sea from its Swedish neighbour Malmö. Today, a 12-kilometre bridge-tunnel links the two cities by road and rail.

6. Watch the destruction wreaked upon the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

7. Glaciers have been retreating because of global warming. This video shows how the Columbia Glacier in Alaska has shrunk.

8. Rising global temperatures have also caused the polar ice caps to fragment over time.

9. Egypt's Toshka Lakes were formed by overspill from the nearby Sadat Canal in the late 1990s, but drought and demand for water caused them to disappear.

10. Volcanic activity has stripped northern California's Lassen Volcanic National Park of vegetation.

Source: World Economic Forum