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MAP CHARTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE....
20 June 2008, 11:20am
MAP CHARTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN ACROSS THE UK
CHILDREN across the UK are set to benefit from the first educational wall map to clearly show the worldwide impact of global warming.
Dynamic World, produced by British cartographic company Global Mapping, offers a unique way to view the areas most at risk due to the consequences of human activity and natural phenomena.
How the world is changing can clearly be seen on both the map sheet and a series of information boxes.
Examples include dramatic changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice, leaving the famous North West passage in Canada completely free of ice for the first time in human memory during summer 2007. This has raised the possibility of shipping using a route that has traditionally eluded explorers.
Dynamic World also shows that rising ocean temperatures have increased the frequency and strength of hurricanes in the Caribbean. In Siberia, global warming is causing the permafrost to thaw affecting the size of lakes in the region.
Closer to home, the map illustrates changes to the Gulf Stream that could increase rainfall in the North Atlantic and cause falling temperatures in Scotland, Norway and Iceland.
The map was researched and designed over the past 18 months by Global Mapping’s Mary Spence MBE, President of the British Cartographic Society. Leading organisations involved in monitoring global warming, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, have provided analysis.
The aim was to distil the essence of a highly complex subject into a clear, graphical representation.
“We wanted to offer a resource that is interesting, accurate and easy to interpret,” says Global Mapping’s Managing Director, Alan Smith. “The map demonstrates that human activity and natural phenomena such as volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics and tsunamis are constantly shaping our environment.”
Scott Sinclair, Deep South Media Ltd,
Email: scott.sinclair@deepsouthmedia.co.uk
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