As part of Bodeker Scientific's Curious Minds project, we produced an interactive educational 3D model showing the impacts of climate change in the Queenstown Lakes District.

Students and members of the public can choose which climate data they wish to see, and colour maps are projected onto the model. The viewer can see what the climate will look like for the entire district from 1975 to 2100, under their selected greenhouse gas scenarios. 

The climate variables that can be chosen:

• annual maximum temperature

• annual minimum temperature

• annual mean temperature

• annual total rainfall

• annual number of 'heavy rainfall' days (greater than 20mm rain)

• annual number of frost days

• annual number of 'summer' days (temperature greater than 25°C)

• annual number of days with snow cover