Google Street View shows effects of climate change as UN negotiations start in Paris
Nov30
on November 30, 2015
at 11:11 am
As the UN’s COP21 climate talks kick off in Paris, Google has offered us a window into the work it’s been doing to demonstrate the impact humans are having on the environment and show how nonprofits are trying to stave off environmental catastrophe. Using Google Maps’ Street View feature, you can see polar bears wondering where the ice has gone in Canada’s Hudson bay, or witness the decline in the number of blue oak trees in central California. Google offers a suit of tools for monitoring changes in the environment and understanding the impacts of climate change, including the now 10-year-old Google Earth project,…
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