feature that enables users of Google Earth to dive beneath the water
surface, explore 3D underwater terrain and browse ocean-related
content contributed by leaders in ocean science and advocacy. The new
version of Google Earth also introduces Historical Imagery, a feature
that enables users to virtually travel back in time through archival
satellite and aerial imagery, Touring, which makes it simple to create
a narrated tour in Google Earth and share it with the world and Google
Mars 3D, which features hi-res imagery and terrain of the red planet.
"With this latest version of Google Earth you can not only zoom into
whatever part of our planet's surface you wish to examine in closer
detail, you can now dive into the world's oceans that cover almost
three-quarters of the planet and discover new wonders that had not
been accessible in previous versions of this magical experience," said
The Honorable Al Gore at this morning's launch event in San Francisco.
"Moreover, with the new historical imagery feature, you can look back
in time and see for yourself the unprecedented pace of change taking
place on the Earth — largely because of human influences. For example,
you can watch the melting of the largest glacier in Glacier National
Park—the Grinnell Glacier—image by image, for the last decade."
"In discussions about climate change, the world's oceans are often
overlooked despite being an integral part of the issue," said Eric
Schmidt, CEO of Google. About one-third of the carbon dioxide that we
emit into the atmosphere ends up in the oceans. Furthermore,
biodiversity loss in our oceans in the next 20-30 years will be
roughly equivalent to losing an entire Amazon rainforest, but this
goes unnoticed because we can't see it. This is why today's launch of
Google Earth 5.0 is so important - it gives us an opportunity to
change everyone's perspective."
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