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Story Map Navigates Cause and Effects of Climate Change
Esri, the world leader in geographic information system technology,
released an interactive map illustrating the earth's natural and human
systems and how they have changed-and will change-over time. With the Atlas
for a Changing Planet Story Map, scientists, policy
makers, planners, and activists can examine detailed spatial information
that is critical for adapting to a warmer future.
"Mitigating the effects of climate change is a global, geographic
challenge," said Jack Dangermond, president of Esri. "Understanding how
the earth's systems interact and transform is an essential first step in
measuring the threat of climate change and making informed decisions to
reduce it."
Atlas for a Changing Planet explores a sample of maps, imagery,
and data from Esri ArcGIS
Online. The Story Map covers five themes: understanding natural
systems, mapping human systems, mapping ocean impacts, predicting the
future, and international cooperation.
Complex issues, processes, and concepts-such as biomass and ocean
acidification-are clearly and succinctly explained with maps and
multimedia. For example, users visualize the density of carbon stored in
living plants (biomass) with an explanation of how this iformation is
key to estimating how land-use change affects the climate. Interactive
maps illustrate which areas will be severely affected by rising sea
levels, the changes in sea ice extents in the Arctic Ocean, and
population growth in urban cities around the world.
The Story Map also models data from the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR) in three scenarios. With this data, users navigate the
Story Map to see projected changes in temperature and precipitation
based on the level at which greenhouse gas emissions increase or
decrease over time.
Esri created the Story Map in time for the November 30 start of the
United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).
World leaders are gathering at the annual meeting to negotiate an
international agreement with the goal of keeping global warming's
increase below 2 degrees Celsius.
See the Atlas for a Changing Planet Story Map at esriurl.com/AtlasForAChangingPlanet.
For more information on Esri Story Map, visit esri.com/storymaps.
About Esri
Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to
think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri
software is used in more than 350,000 organizations worldwide including
each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national
governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more
than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more
than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers,
provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri
is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for
desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.
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