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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 03:05 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 03:05 PM EDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 11:16 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 11:17 AM CDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 12:00 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 01:39 PM EDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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Google Earth adds time-lapse video to depict climate change

Google Earth adds time-lapse video to depict climate change

SAN RAMON, Calif. – The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world. The tool unveiled Thursday is rolling out in what is being billed as the biggest update to Google Earth in five years. Google says it undertook the complex project in partnership with several… Source link

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Google Earth Timelapse feature shows chilling effect of climate change

Google Earth Timelapse feature shows chilling effect of climate change

Google’s latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform’s static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight melting ice caps, receding glaciers, massive urban growth and wildfires’ impact on agriculture. Timelapse compiles 24 million satellite photos taken from 1984 to 2020, an effort… Source link

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U.S. faces ‘tricky’ task working with China on climate change

U.S. faces ‘tricky’ task working with China on climate change

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Places Bet on 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks When billionaire financier Ray Dalio makes a move, Wall Street pays attention. Dalio, who got his start working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading commodity futures, founded the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, in 1975. With the firm managing about $140 billion in global investments and Dalio’s own net worth coming at $17 billion, he has earned legendary status on Wall Street. Summing… Source link

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Facebook to Label Climate Change Posts Like Covid, Vote Content

Facebook to Label Climate Change Posts Like Covid, Vote Content

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks That Could Rally Over 100% Bank of America has a strong reputation for keeping finger on the pulse of the financial world – and one of its key tools is the Global Fund Manager Survey, conducted monthly and seeking opinions from more than 200 hedge fund, mutual fund, and pension fund managers who hold a combined $645 billion in AUM. It’s the largest regularly conducted survey of its kind. And BofA most recent findings show that Big Money is feeling… Source link

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BP’s oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution

BP’s oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team that for more than a century powered its profits by discovering billions of barrels of oil. Its geologists, engineers and scientists have been cut to less than 100 from a peak of more than 700 a few years ago, company sources told Reuters, part of a climate change-driven overhaul triggered last year by CEO Bernard Looney. “The winds have turned very chilly in the… Source link

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