Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues

Find the following on Google Earth. Use the timeline and investigate how things have changed over the period during which satellite photos are available. Acquire photographs of each location at two different points in time that illustrate a significant change in the environment. Upload both photograps to the online album and describe the environmental change, and the ecological significance of this change, in the comment section.

• Ariquemes, Brazil (Deforestation)
• Aral Sea, Uzbekistan (Draining a natural lake)
• Porter Ranch, CA (Urbanization, Habitat loss)
• Atatürk Dam, Şanlıurfa, Turkey (Damming river)
• The world islands, Dubai, UAE (Changing Topography)
• Lake Chad, Chad (Desertification)
• Aletsch Glacier, Fieschertal, Switzerland
• Mabira Forest, Uganda (The Influence of Preserves and National Parks) (photos: Mabira Forest, Uganda)
• Mount Wilson, CA (Observe lighting changes over a 24 hour period)
• World of Change - NASA imagesof environmental crises

Mashups

• Earthquakes (view recent Earthquakes on Google maps) 2 |
• Earth Daylight (view current daylight distribution on Google maps)

Natural Sites

• Half Dome, CA - photos 37.745505,-119.537752
• Mount Rainier, WA - photos 46.8505,-121.7595
• Kearsarge Pass, CA - photos 36.7715,-118.3771
• Grand Canyon, AZ - photos 36.088783,-112.090931
• Niagara Falls, NY - photos 43.079656,-79.072144
• Mammoth Mountain, CA - photos 37.6369,-119.023
• Barringer Meteor Crater, AZ 35.0274,-111.0225
• Catalina Island, CA 33.397052,-118.469009
• San Andreas Fault, CA 35.112,-119.6478
• Amboy Crater, CA 34.544899,-115.79062
• Lava Fields, Owens Valley, CA 36.98,-118.29
• Big Sur Coast, CA 36.246159,-121.77679
• Mount Shasta, CA 41.402823,-122.175522

Science Sites

• San Fernando Valley, CA
  • NASA - Kennedy Space Center
  • NASA - Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad
  • Mount Wilson Observatory, CA - photos
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
• Cylotron, Batavia, IL
• Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, CA
• Los Angeles Zoo, CA
• The Wedge, Newport Beach, CA
• Lockheed Skunkworks, Palmdale, CA
• San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, CA

Famous buildings - USA

• Empire State Building , NY
• Statue of Liberty, NY
  • Hoover Dam, AZ
  • San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge
  • Seattle - Space Needle
  • South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore
  • St. Louis - Gateway Arch
  • Washington DC - Lincoln Memorial
• Washington DC - The Pentagon
• Washington DC - Washington Monument

International sites

• Netherlands, Nieuwe Kerk, Delft - photos
• Australia, Sydney - Sydney Opera House
• Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Statue of Christ the Redeemer
• England, London - London Eye (Millennium Wheel)
• France, Paris - Arc de Triomphe
• France, Paris - Eiffel Tower
• Greece, Athens - Parthenon
• Italy, Rome – Coliseum

Archeological sites

• Peru, Nazca Desert - Nazca Lines
• Egypt, Giza – Great Pyramids
• England, Amesbury - Stonehenge

Southern California - San Fernando Valely

• San Gabriel Mountains, Sylmar, CA
• Pacoima Dam, Sylmar, CA
• Nike Missle Base, Contract Peak, Sylmar, CA
• Veterans' Park, Sylmar, CA
• California State University, Northridge

Tours

• John Muir Trail