December 2nd, 2010

Google Earth Engine Revealed At COP 16

Today at the United Nations’ conference on climate change COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico Google.org introduced its latest philanthropic project, the Google Earth Engine— an analytics tool for earth scientists and conservationists especially.

Google.org dubs their product “a planetary-scale platform for environmental data & analysis.” A product web page said→ Read More

November 30th, 2010

Countries And Companies Talk Climate Change At COP 16 In Cancun

The United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off yesterday in Cancun, Mexico. Delegates from 192 nations are attending through December 10, hoping to determine a collective, international approach to slowing and preparing countries for an increase in global temperatures.

Conference goals— laid out at an opening address by Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the U.N. → Read More