Google Earth Updates Etc. GWSA Computer Club Google Earth Updates Etc. Brenda Prine April 10, 2017

NASA Earth Observatory World of Change: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/ 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Google & Climate Change CO2 is not the only greenhouse gas Other important greenhouse gases Methane Nitrogen oxides Chloro-fluorocarbons Sulfur hexafluoride Nitrogen trifluoride 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Warming Potential of Gases*^ Global Warming Potential Carbon dioxide 1 Methane 25 Nitrogen oxides, ex. of N2O 298 Chloro-fluorocarbons 124 to 14,800 Sulfur hexafluoride 22,800 Nitrogen trifluoride 17,200 * Executive Summary of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2014 ^ 100 Year Time Horizons 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Methane Project Google Earth Engine Outreach U.S. Environmental Defense Fund Colorado State University 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Google Methane Project Use Google GPS monitoring cars Add air sampling devices Add rapid response chemical analysis equipment Generate maps of real-time methane levels within cities 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Cities Monitored Boston, MA Staten Island, NY Dallas, TX Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse, NY Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Jacksonville, FL Mesa, AZ Indianapolis, ID 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Leaks per Mile Boston, MA 1/1 Staten Island, NY 1/1 Dallas, TX 1/2 Pittsburgh, PA 1/2 Syracuse, NY 1/2 Chicago, IL 1/3 Los Angeles, CA 1/ (4 to 6) Jacksonville, FL 1/9 Burlington, VT 1/10 Mesa, AZ 1/60 Indianapolis, ID 1/200 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Study Methodology https://www.edf.org/climate/methanemaps Video is 3:05 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Guelph Library Tech Resources Main downtown library Available all hours library is open Have tech support staff if library is open Appointments generally not needed Appointments available during first hour of the day 4/10/17 Brenda Prine

Guelph Library Tech Resources 3-D printers (1 larger, 1 smaller) 3-Scanner Scans objects Can work from 360° photographs 3-d Virtual Reality System 4/10/17 Brenda Prine