Google Earth's New Climate Simulator

Google announced on its official blog that it has developed some nifty new features to coincide with the Copenhagen climate conference, now only a matter of weeks away. Read More. . .

In collaboration with the Danish government and others, we are launching a series of Google Earth layers and tours to allow you to explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet and the solutions for managing it. Working with data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we show on Google Earth the range of expected temperature and precipitation changes under different global emissions scenarios that could occur throughout the century.

To help introduce us all to these features, Google has asked Al Gore – who acts as a "senior advisor" to the company – to provide the commentary on an accompanying video. Here is a clip for you to preview.