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This App Shows How Climate Change Is Affecting The World Around You

This App Shows How Climate Change Is Affecting The World Around You

by The Daily Eye Team August 1 2015, 5:27 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 57 secs

You may live closer to a earthquake zone than you think You?ve heard about what climate change is doing the arctic and to the sea levels around the world. But sometimes it can be hard to understand what?s happening in your own backyard. A new app called Field Notes shows you just that. The free app, manufactured by tech mapping company Esri, is part of a broader effort by the company to put data about people, climate and geography at your fingertips. Take data on the location of TIME?s office in New York City. The app tells me that our office is located in a warm zone and, by 2050, it?s expected to get much warmer. The nearest earthquake zone is 240 miles (386 km) away and the nearest volcano more than 1,100 miles (1,770 km) away. Unsurprisingly, the app tell me, the soil isn?t great for growing crops. You can get the same data, and more, for any location on the globe. ?If you?re interested in engaging and understanding, this gives you a very quick basis to do that,? said Charlie Frye, chief cartographer. Read More?at ?www.time.com




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