TORONTO – NASA has released an ultra high-definition model of how carbon dioxide travels around our planet.
The mesmerizing animation illustrates areas of high CO2 concentrations — mainly in the northern hemisphere — as well as the influences of the natural world as the seasons change and trees and plants bloom. It runs from May 2005 to June 2007.
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“While the presence of carbon dioxide has dramatic global consequences, it’s fascinating to see how local emission sources and weather systems produce gradients of its concentration on a very regional scale,” said Bill Putman, lead scientist on the project from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
“Simulations like this, combined with data from observations, will help improve our understanding of both human emissions of carbon dioxide and natural fluxes across the globe.”
The visualization was produced as part of a simulation at the space centre called Nature Run. The model uses real atmospheric data and both natural and anthropogenic (human-made) greenhouse gas particulates.
The resolution is about 64 times the typical global climate models.
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