Students Create California Climate Change Map
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A group of Stanford University students has created a story map to show how forces of global change are manifested locally throughout California.
The map was created to inform the public, businesses and policymakers about the human dimensions of environmental change. By clicking a datapoint on the map, a narrative is revealed. Categories include climate disruption, population change, biodiversity loss, pollutants, and invasives & diseases.in the creation o
The students were led by graduate student instructors Alexis Mychajliw and Melissa Kemp under the guidance of Professor Elizabeth Hadly.
View the map here. this map. Last updated 8/2014.
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