Google Earth climate change map unveiled
source: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/google%20earth%20climate%20change%2...
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Designed as a way to easily show the risks caused by a rise in climate change, the map visualises data from the Met Office and was released by Department of Energy and Climate Climate Change (DECC) and the Foreign Office.
Map: http://www.fco.gov.uk/google-earth-4degrees.kml
It is hoped by the department the map will 'boost public engagement' in climate issues, since the map shows potential rising sea levels, crop failure, drought and heat waves caused by a rise in temperature. Since it is a map, viewers can see how different regions of the world could be effected by climate change.
"So with the Google map it's trying to make it easy for people to understand the science. Launching the map today the chief scientist John Beddington described the criticisms of the climate science as being "saloon bar scepticism", which gives you a sense of who worried the government actually is."-Channel 4 news.
Map: http://www.fco.gov.uk/google-earth-4degrees.kml
It is hoped by the department the map will 'boost public engagement' in climate issues, since the map shows potential rising sea levels, crop failure, drought and heat waves caused by a rise in temperature. Since it is a map, viewers can see how different regions of the world could be effected by climate change.
"So with the Google map it's trying to make it easy for people to understand the science. Launching the map today the chief scientist John Beddington described the criticisms of the climate science as being "saloon bar scepticism", which gives you a sense of who worried the government actually is."-Channel 4 news.
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