{"id":16198,"date":"2014-02-04T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16198"},"modified":"2014-02-04T11:21:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:21:23","slug":"google-earth-maps-global-warming-at-the-local-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/google-earth-maps-global-warming-at-the-local-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Earth Maps Global Warming at the Local Level"},"content":{"rendered":"

We greenies are very careful about making claims about climate change in any particular location<\/a>. Global warming is global; the rising temperatures referred to in the scientific literature are averaged out worldwide. Additionally, we really don’t want to give any ammunition to “skeptics” hollering about Winter weather in their location<\/a>…<\/p>\n

But can we measure the impact of climate change at the local level? Yes… and, as Skeptical Science\/The Guardian<\/em> revealed today, Google Earth now features a layer that lets you see global warming at the micro level. Developed by the East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, this layer will no doubt provide yet another way to spend hours on Google Earth (and – sigh – probably get the deniers trying to resurrect the rotten, stinking corpse of “ClimateGate”… whatever).<\/p>\n

Play around with this new layer, and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

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