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November 26, 2007
Arctic Ice Melting Animation in Google Earth
You may have heard in the news this summer about the ice in the arctic having melted to a much vaster extent than in previous years. But, a new update to a Google Earth time animation shows this melting was very dramatic. The National Snow and Ice Data Center has a time animation which shows the extent of ice melting in September of each year since 1979. Download the animation here 
(491 Kbytes). In Google Earth click on the "play" button on the right of the time slider to watch the animation (it will have to load images for each frame the first time through). You can see the melting gets worse in the last few years, but in 2007 the change was dramatic. They also have an animation showing the daily sea ice concentration summer of 2007 (612 KBytes).
The National Snow and Ice Data Center has some of the best scientific Google Earth content. They are using Google Earth to effectively show the condition of ice, glaciers, and snow around the world.
Related - other scientific visualizations:
- USGS Releases Awesome 1906 Earthquake Documentary Using Google Earth
- Global Volcanoes
- International Polar Year
- Avian Flu Tracker
- Global Paleogeographic Time Animation
Posted by FrankTaylor at November 26, 2007 09:20 AM
Comments
Posted by: Tok at November 26, 2007 10:13 AM
Perhaps Google should show pre-9/11 images of Manhattan, with the World Trade Center intact.
Posted by: diziler at January 16, 2008 04:16 AM
Maybe they should throw in a little "real science" and explain that a KU environmental scientist found increased volcanic activity and a thinner mantle underneath the infamous arctic "ice river".
Posted by: Brandon at May 4, 2008 01:11 PM
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Why is the missing chunk on top of Alaska/Bering Street so much bigger than the missing parts over europe ?