A new video feature from Google Earth can capture satellite images from four decades, showing how devastating climate change has affected the planet.
Glaciers, beaches, forests, whatever they have in mind, can be seen in vivid detail about how the world around them is changing, The Associated Press reported.
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Thursday, new option is recognized as the most significant update to Google Earth in the last five years.
According to Google, the instrument was a complex project, obtaining its information from 24 million satellite images taken each year from 1984 to 2020. The project was a collaborative piece with several government agencies around the world, including NASA, US Geological Survey and European Union.
Carnegie Mellon University also helped with the project.
Natalie Mahowald, a professor of engineering at Cornell University and a climate scientist, called the project a great success.
“It’s amazing,” she told The Associated Press after watching a preview of the new feature. “Trying to make people understand the realm of climate change and the problem of land use is so difficult because of the long period of time and the spatial scales. I wouldn’t be surprised if this little bit of software changes the opinion of many people about the magnitude of people’s impact on the environment. ”
Time-lapse satellite imagery has been used to compare and contrast the effects of climate change, and many parts of the world are changing. Most scientists agree that pollution is primarily caused by human activity.
Google Earth has 3 billion smartphone users who can witness the melting of glaciers around the world, as well as the disappearance of forests, changing energy use patterns and more.
There will be a story mode that will highlight 800 different places in 2D and 3D. Videos will also be available through YouTube, a Google product.
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