Google Maps, Street View Shows the Effects of Climate Change

Animals and plants around the globe are being directly affected by climate change and in order to show its impact, Google Maps offers you a “window” to some of this changing ecosystems.

For example, you can spot this polar bear suffering because of melting sea ice:

See it in Google Maps

Google Maps has lent the Street View 360-dregree Trekker camera to organizations such as Bears International and Amazonas Sustainable Foundation, to get evidence of the impact of climate change as well as to measure climate data offering scientists and people a tool to make better decisions in the future.

This is being done while 150 heads of state discuss climate change on the COP21 Conference in Paris.

NASA Image Artic sea ice

 

As the sun sets over the Arctic, the end of this year’s melt season is quickly approaching and the sea ice cover has already shrunk to the fourth lowest in the satellite record. With possibly some days of melting left, the sea ice extent could still drop to the second or third lowest on record. Arctic sea ice, which regulates the planet’s temperature by bouncing solar energy back to space, has been on a steep decline for the last two decades. This animation shows the evolution of Arctic sea ice in 2015, from its annual maximum wintertime extent, reached on February 25, to September 6. Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio #nasagoddard #SeaIce #arctic

Un vídeo publicado por NASA Goddard (@nasagoddard) el11 de Sep de 2015 a la(s) 2:10 PDT

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