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Though far away from a quantitative tool Google Trends allows some qualitative analysis. Live picture above shows how often Google was used for searches with environmental relevant english keywords.

It seems digital Zeitgeist does not mind the dynamic and delicate state of our Planet. Except one or two light blue peaks probably caused by hurricane season 2005. And the rising trend of ‘global warming’ since Christmas 2005 gives reason for cautious optimism.

If you like to get an impression about the numbers in total, click the picture, go to the real site and replace ‘kyoto’ with ‘weather’ or ‘environment’.

Update:blogpulse generates similar graph over blog posts using Nielsen BuzzMetrics data.