What is Show.earth?
Show.earth is a public resource for tools that support learning about the earth system.
What does Show.earth do?
Launched in November 2015, Show.earth now showcases web widgets that website and blog owners can use for free to display monthly atmospheric CO2 readings as they change. When a vistor clicks on a widget, they are taken to CO2.earth, the parent site for Show.earth. Once there, the current CO2 level is presented in context that enables deeper learning about the data, what it means, and how it interacts with other systems. Show.earth and CO2.earth work together to advance public learning about climate and earth system changes. This helps build capacity and motivation for shift to infrastructre that is planet and people friendly for the long term.
Show.earth Website
| LAUNCH |
| November 13, 2015 |
| PRODUCER |
| Mike McGee (Canada) |
| DEVELOPER |
| Sonia Marin (Spain) |
| HEADQUARTERS |
| Vancouver Island, Canada |
| RELATED SITE |
| CO2.earth |
| SERVERS |
| California, USA (Solar Powered) |
Show.earth Widgets
| START OF CO2 WIDGET PROGRAM |
| Spring 2008 |
| DATA SOURCES |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration* |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography* |
| MONTHLY DATA UPDATES |
| Mike McGee |
| GRAPHIC DESIGN (non-flash widgets and products) |
| Mike McGee |
| GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION (flash widget) |
| Franke James and Bill James |
| TOTAL DESIGNS |
| 9 |
| DESIGN / SIZE COMBINATIONS (PNGs) |
| 150+ |
| WIDGET CODE ADVICE |
| Jayson Brown (2008) |
| Bill James (2009, 2015) |
* Data is sourced from earth-monitoring institutions making measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, USA.