Amazing recordings have been posted by NASAWith which we can see the visible movement of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere between January and March 2020. The high-resolution model is so detailed that we can see individual power plants and fires up close.
According to Leslie Ott, a climate scientist at NASA, the recordings perfectly illustrate the complexity of the wind-driven carbon dioxide transport system. The images were taken to better see the concentration of the gas, as well as to study its impact on the planet.
In China, the United States and South Asia, carbon dioxide comes mainly from power plants, factories and other industrial facilities, while in Africa and South America it comes more from controlled agricultural forest fires.
The pulsating effect of the map is due to the Earth's cycle of day and night, with fires becoming stronger during the day and falling asleep during moonlight. In addition, the influence of trees is also evident on the map, as they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, and the oceans and soil themselves extract nearly 50 percent of the gas.
Registration is important because we cannot address climate change without addressing the carbon dioxide we emit.
“The heat-trapping gas is the main cause of global warming,” Ott said. “In 2023, we had the hottest year on record, but previous years weren’t far behind either. Despite this, carbon dioxide is not at all harmful to air quality, and is essential for life on Earth, because it needs heat. However, if too much of the gas enters the atmosphere, the planet warms up very quickly. Based on NASA measurements, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has nearly doubled compared to 1750.”
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