Google Earth - what you will see
Once you click through to Google Earth, download the application and then download our layer, you will see a movie of global temperature changes for the next 100 years, produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre's climate model under a medium greenhouse gas emissions scenario. This shows where and how quickly we can expect the world to warm.
Illustrative information on the impacts of climate change for different regions is provided as pushpin "pop-ups" as the animation runs.
Climate change is already happening, and greenhouse gas emissions over the last century or so have played a major role.
The climate in the future may cause stress to areas that have previously escaped and in many parts of the world this may also give rise to an increase in the intensity of severe weather events – including heavy rainfall events and heat waves.
Tackling climate change will be one of the most important things this generation does, and everyone needs to get involved. Every day, more and more people are taking actions to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle other environmental problems.
Google Earth
Agencies across Government have now joined together to highlight the issues of climate change via Google Earth. We are aiming to reach wider audiences and to educate about the actions we will all need to take to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate.
Google Earth is an interactive mapping application that allows users to navigate (or "fly") the entire globe, viewing satellite imagery with overlays of roads, buildings, geographic features, and the like. Now it will also be overlaying climate change projections from the Met Office Hadley Centre and information on the polar icecaps from the British Antarctic Survey.
Google Earth Climate change in our world layers
Climate change and the Met Office
The Met Office Hadley Centre is a world-leading authority on climate change and our climate change scientists are among the top experts in this area.
We can, and do, work with governments and companies around the globe to develop their strategies to weather and climate change impacts.
This work takes many forms, including:
- Consultation from our climate change experts
- Training for professionals across government and the commercial sector
- Providing detailed reports addressing adaptation and mitigation advice
- Providing first-class science to climate change reports and projects, including the Integrated Climate Programme (ICP), IPCC and UKCIP
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