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Google Ocean Helps in Observing Climatic Changes in Seas
15 May 2009
Google Ocean is an extension to Google Earth. It’s built using visual satellite images, sonar waves bounced off ships and data pooled from scientists and individuals.
The developers of Google Ocean are quoting that it could help highlight the effects of climate change on the seas.
Three months after its launch, the site has high resolution images of less than 5 percent of the sea - much of it from around the United States and Japan, where research facilities are collaborating closely with Google.
Google Ocean uses the same satellite technology that allows more than half billion users to view everything from the Grand Canyon to a neighbor's backyard. It is now helping them glide through the depths of the ocean, track a whale or compare reviews of their favorite dive locations.
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google ocean, earth, climatic changes
Visit http://earth.google.com/ocean/
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