Sun, 25 May 2008 12:55:42 GMT
Climate Change Data for Google Earth.
Yesterday, Google and the UK government announced some visualizations for Google Earth which show data indicating global climate change. The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown actually made the announcement during a Google conference held in the UK this week (see video of Brown’s speech). The data comes from the UK’s Met Office and from the British Antarctic Survey. Here’s some information on the two files:
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Climate Change in our World
– Opening this KML file by the Met Office will first show you an image overlay of the Earth which indicates temperature change over time from 1999 and forecasted through 2099. Use the time slider to watch the changes over time. Also in the file are placemarks with accounts from people around the world speaking about how climate change has effected them, as well as information from the Met Office about possible effects as temperatures continue to rise. -
Climate Change In Our World Antarctica
– The second file from the British Antarctic Survey adds more placemarks showing information on climate change based on research in Antarctica including pictures and video of melting ice and ice shelf breaks (only larger breaks have been reported by the media).
The layers were organized with help from the Google Earth Outreach program.
By Frank Taylor of Google Earth Blog. [Google Earth Blog]
