NASA Animation Reveals Global Flow Of CO2 Emissions, Shows Biggest Polluters
A new NASA animation shows the movement of atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions around the globe. In the scary video, we can see greenhouse gases that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye.?
These gases are killing our environment, duh! And scientists have warned repeatedly that our leaders and organisations are simply not doing enough to preserve the ecological balance on Earth.
What does the scary animation show?
The new visualisation shows carbon dioxide being added to the atmosphere over the course of 2021. The space agency claims that this model was designed to show interactions between sources of carbon as well as carbon sinks (places where excess CO2 is absorbed). At the same time, it shows how much CO2 is actually released into the atmosphere, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
"Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent greenhouse gas driving global climate change," the NASA blog said. "However, its increase in the atmosphere would be even more rapid without land and ocean carbon sinks, which collectively absorb about half of human emissions every year."
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The animation shows Earth's carbon sources as thick and smoggy orange-looking while burning biomass is visible in rusty red. Earth's land-based carbon sinks may be seen in pulse green while ocean-based carbon sinks are visible in pulse blue.
You can watch the animation here.
The video makes it clear where most carbon emissions emanate from - the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, along with European countries.
All of Earth's jungles and other carbon sinks may be seen feeding off the carbon as they pulse green and blue, until they don't. Carbon sinks are able to swallow excess carbon only during the day.
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