HHMI’s BioInteractive initiative opens a window on cutting-edge science through interactive web features, short films, virtual labs, and scientific animations. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a non-profit medical research organization that ranks as one of the nation’s largest philanthropies. Animations between globe and flat map projections.Clickable details on geologic eons, eras, and periods.In-depth features on major geological and biological events in Earth history.Locations of modern cities tracked back over 500 million years.Ability to manipulate the globe and zoom to any location.Global temperature maps for the last 100+ years.Sea level maps for the last 21,000 year and for 8,000 years into the future.Continental reconstructions and accompanying data dating back billions of years.Layer your view of shifting continents with data on atmospheric composition, temperature, biodiversity, day length, and solar luminosity, to get a more complete view of our dynamic planet. Follow a favorite landmark, be it Greenland or New York City, as its position shifts through time, or watch a famous fossil like Tiktaalik make an incredible journey from its origin to its current location. Based on the latest scientific research, it lets you scroll through the last 4.5 billion years with your fingertips.
What did Earth’s continents and oceans look like 250 million years ago, or even 1 billion years ago? What do we know about the climate back when our planet formed? How has sea level changed since the melting of the last ice age and what does the future hold?ĮarthViewer is like a time machine for exploring Earth’s deep history.
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