We can’t even imagine how much greenhouse gas emissions humanity actually produces, but with the new visualization, it’s pretty real.
It’s no secret that human activity has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere at a record rate, thereby limiting the reflux of heat into space and contributing to the overall warming of our planet.
As invisible as they are, it’s hard to imagine the tides of carbon emissions. However, with new technologies, scientists at NASA’s Science Imaging Studio were able to visualize how this happens.
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The researchers note that the videos show exactly where and how much a critical greenhouse gas is emitted, and how this has changed over the course of a year. In total, the researchers created three videos showing the amount of carbon emissions in different parts of the Earth in 2021. Scientists used orange for fossil fuels, red for burning biomass, green for terrestrial ecosystems and blue for ocean.
After viewing the video, you can see that carbon is mainly absorbed by the oceans as indicated by the blue dots and produced on land as indicated by the green dots.
The authors of the visualization recommend paying attention to a few specific areas, for example, North and South America. When you look at the video, you can see a pollution hotspot in the Northeast of the United States, as well as a green wave of the Amazon rainforest absorbing carbon during daylight hours.
Orange dominates Earth’s atmosphere and covers the entire planet as time passes. If humanity still needs to be reminded of the consequences of burning coal, naphtha and gas, this is it.
According to NASA researchers, new modeling techniques allow better analysis of the Earth’s atmosphere and a better understanding of some of the key factors influencing this process.
The second NASA video is dedicated to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The images show higher concentrations of fossil fuel emissions produced by European countries and Saudi Arabia. No less striking is the red cloud of Central African agricultural emissions.
The third video is about Asia and Australia. The images show Beijing and China as the main sources of emissions, especially when compared to the relative absence of fossil fuel emissions in Australia.
Equally depressing is the way land and ocean exchange CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere, maintaining a certain balance. Remember that it is fossil fuel emissions that raise carbon dioxide levels. Although carbon dioxide makes up only 0.04 percent of the gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, it has a significant effect on the backscattering of heat radiation to the surface.
Researchers state that they want to remind humanity once again that if necessary precautions are not taken, we will inevitably encounter heat waves, droughts, floods and storms that will become even more extreme over time.
Previously Focus He wrote that glaciers in the Himalayas are disappearing twice as fast: almost 2 billion people could go without water.
Source: Focus
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