Visualizing Climate Change Risk
The state of California has teamed up with Google.com to create a Google Earth picture website that will synthesize existing California climate change scenarios and climate impact research and… encourage its use in a way that is beneficial for local decision-makers.
The Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Options in the CalAdapt Prototype Project allow you to download a “flyover tour” in Google Earth using what’s called a KMZ file. Viewing it as a KMZ file (a Keyhole Markup Language, Zipped file) within the Google Earth application will allow you to customize your view of the flyover. Google Earth 5 must be installed on your computer.
It is an an exploratory project to develop a Google Earth-based platform to engage the public on climate change impacts and adaptation in California.
