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Climate Change Data for Google Earth
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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: 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.
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地球温暖化をヴィジュアルで見てみる。
http://ameblo.jp/engineeringconsultant/entry-10103937327.htm...みなさん、こんにちは。 すでにご存じの方が多いのだろうと思いいますが、 私は、先日、知ったので、ご紹介したいと思います。 地球温暖化の影響による２つの結果、気温の上昇と 海水面の上昇による影響を想定しているＴｏｏｌと ＨＰをみつけました。 二つとも、もちろん、Ｇｏｏｌｅ Ｅａｒｔｈをもちいたもの ですね。 ・気温の上昇 こちらは、Gｏｏｇｌｅ Ｅａｒｔｈ自体をご自身のパソコンに インストールしておく必要があります。 こちらのＨＰに紹介されてある。 http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/05/climate_change_data_for_google_eart.html 真ん中のあたりに書いてあるClimate Change in our World に リンクをはられてあるkmzファイルをダウンロードの上、開くと、 Ｇｏｏｇｌｅ Ｅａｒｔｈと連動して確認することができます。 どんどん赤く色が塗られていく状況は確認できるのですが、 私たちの生活にとって、１度の気温があがることによる 具体的な影響が想像できないことが、私にとっての問題 なのだろうと思います。 食糧・水不足、海面上昇、災害（土砂災害・洪水）の 増大、新たなウィルスの発生など言われていますが、 なかなか直面しなければ本当の危機感は生まれない のだろうと思います。 ・海面の上昇 こちらは、Ｇｏｏｇｌｅ Ｅａｒｔｈをインストールしていなくても 閲覧できます。 最高で、＋１４ｍまでが可能です。参考に大阪の 持マンション（豊中市）を確認してみましたが、ぎりぎり セーフでした。ぎりぎりというところに驚かされましたが。。 flood mapsのご紹介 http://flood.firetree.net/ この様に、視覚的に手軽に確認できる手法が増えてく ることは、イメージがつきやすく、個人個人のリスク管 理が可能となりますね。 ではでは♪
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Summertime News
http://www.headwatersconsult.com/2008/05/29/springing-forwar...Where has spring gone? It’s the last day of school already and more than a month has passed since my last post. The good news is that we’re busy here at Headwaters HQ. The bad news is that I haven’t had time until now to process and reflect on the major events of the last 8 weeks or so. A few notable happenings: 1. The City of San Francisco is once again on the bleeding edge of new environmental policy, and has instituted the first direct emissions-based “carbon tax” in the country. The City of Boulder passed its own carbon tax in 2006 on residential and commercial electrical use, the proceeds from which (about $800,000 per year) pay for programs to offset citywide emissions. The San Francisco law is the first to create a tax focused primarily on commercial/ industrial greenhouse gas emissions. From Environmental Leader: “The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) to charge area companies 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide they emit, a first for the U.S.,The Associated Press reports. The new rules, which impose fees on businesses for emitting greenhouse gasses, are expected to generate $1.1 million in the first year to help pay for programs to measure the region’s emissions and develop ways to reduce them. They are set to take effect July 1. Of the more than 2,500 businesses that will be required to pay the proposed fees, the biggest payers will be seven power plants and oil refineries that would have to pay more than $50,000 a year. The majority of businesses would pay less than $1, the district estimates.” There’s additional interesting commentary on Steve Newcomb’s blog here. 2. The New York-based national environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has an innovative new resource available to businesses online, the Greening Advisor. It provides a useful basic overview of activities businesses can take to green their activities. It does not convey any particular marketing benefit or certification, but is a useful summary of the “universe” of greening actions applicable to many businesses. 3. GoogleEarth (a great free software application to try if you haven’t already) has, with help from the British government, added a climate layer that allows users to view global warming impacts over time. As reported in Google Earth Blog: “Opening (the google climate file) 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.” 4. Here in Denver things are gearing up for the Democratic National Convention, which was last hosted here in 1908! There is a great deal of excitement and anticipation, and wondering what the infusion of 35,000 delegates, reporters and hangers-on will mean for us as we go through our daily lives. The DNC greening effort is heating up (so to speak) and a small army of volunteers are organizing dozens of innovations in everything from bicycles available to all who want them (1,000 at last count) to carbon emissions calculations and offsets for the event, to training of hotels and restaurants in green business principles, and the use of green materials in building and operating the convention, to a full day of forums on Energy & Climate featuring major national policy and industry players. Now, if only we had a candidate…. Stay tuned for more news in the weeks to come.
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Climate Change Visualizations in Google Earth
http://isb-green-panthers.blogspot.com/2008/05/climate-chang...If you don't have Google Earth installed on your computer you should! Not only will you spend hours finding your home and other places you've been, but you will open a world of technological tools that helps visualize all kinds of things. Everything from the journeys of Odysseus to oil consumption graphs of every country super-imposed on the globe. If you need to install it, click here. Once you are a Google Earth user, keep up with new features and layers at this Google Earth blog. It's awesome. In fact, from them, the Green Panthers would like to share with you a couple great visualizations of Climate Change using Google Earth. Here's their original post. Download and run the two Google Earth files - one from the UK's Met Office and the other from the British Antartic Survey. You'll be impressed. Open the menus and you get specific stories about parts of the world and what they are going through as a result of climate change. An example: Over the next few decades cereal production in China is expected to hold up well, with a longer growing season in northern areas and the fertilising effect of elevated levels of CO2.But without improvements in agricultural technology, cereal production is predicted to decline over the second half of this century. Here's just a screenshot of our side of the world and temperature change.
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Visualize climate change on Google Earth
http://local-warming.blogspot.com/2008/05/visualize-climate-...Want to see what climate change will do to a particular place in the earth by 2099? First, download Google Earth. Then click on the link to download the scenario: Climate Change in our World. The Google Earth Blog announces that: 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: 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).
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地球温暖化のシミュレーションデータをグーグルアースで見る
http://web-marketing.zako.org/google/google-earth/climate-ch...季節はずれの台風や、今までにない規模のサイクロンなど、地球温暖化の足音はもうすぐそこまで来ているということを実感せざるを得ません。今回は地球温暖化に対しての危機感だけでもお伝えしたいと思い、グーグルアースで見る気候変動シミュレーションデータをご紹介します。 グーグルアースで見る地球温暖化シミュレーション これは気候変動がどれくらい見込まれるかをシミュレーションしたものです。こうやって見せられるとどれだけ北の大地がダメージを受けるかが分かりますよね。 北海道に雪がなくなる、なんて恐ろしいことも予測できるわけです。 2065年のオホーツク海 これでは北海道に流氷が来なくなるということも実感できます。 2065年の北極海 この状態で北極の氷は存在できるのでしょうか。 90年後の北半球 私たちはもういないかもしれませんが、その頃にはこんなに暑くなっている。これで雪は降るんでしょうか？ グーグルアースで試してみたい方は世界の気候変動のファイルをダウンロード。 さらに南極における気候変動に興味のある方は南極大陸の気候変動をダウンロードしてください。 いくら図解したところで、人間というのは都合の良いようにすぐに忘れてしまう生き物。でも継続は力なりという言葉もあります。アメリカ大統領選の選挙演説を、こういった説得に活用して欲しいと思うのは私だけでしょうか？ Via：Google Earth Blog 温暖化を食いものにする人々 地球温暖化という“都合のよい真実” (別冊宝島 1507 スタディー) (別冊宝島 1507 スタディー)価格：￥ 980平均評価：4.5納期：通常24時間以内に発送 Amazon で詳細を見る by WEB担当者専門書店 地球温暖化は止まらない価格：￥ 2,520平均評価：4.5納期：通常24時間以内に発送 Amazon で詳細を見る by WEB担当者専門書店
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В Google Earth добавлен информационный слой Google News
http://socialtrend.ru/v-google-earth-dobavlen-informacionnyj...Несколько дней назад, Google Earth добавил климатические карты. Проект получил название Climate Change in Our World и состоит из 2-х информационных слоев: 1) Показывает усредненные оценочные показатели роста температуры до конца текущего столетия; 2) Сведения о таянии ледников. Сегодня же произошло еще одно обновление. Добавлен новый информационный слой Google News, который показывает новости, связанные с местоположением. Надо сказать, что это большой прорыв, так как автоматическое определение новости по местоположению – огромная проблема. К примеру, если новость включает в себя некий город, это вовсе не значит, что данная статья об этом городе. Поэтому алгоритм должен исключать имена из адресов и определить значение предполагаемого местонахождение в тексте. Тот же Google News использует автоматически генерируемые кластеры для проверки мест и их значения для каждой новости. Для того чтобы запустить слой Google News, надо перейти в боковой панели на “Слои”, далее в “Галерея” и там выбрать “Google News“. Побежали. Секундочку! На данный момент этот слой доступен только на английском языке, но в скором будущем разработчики обещают расширить географию и добавить больше языков и регионов. Tags: geo, google, maps
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