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Breath of a Nation — Animated CO2 Map

submitted by fissionchips

1 decade 6 years 7 months 1 week ago

"Scientists have come up with a new way to precisely track daily and local patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels by power plants, factories, and vehicle traffic."

From Dot Earth: "Purdue is involved in a global-scale carbon dioxide mapping effort, call the Hestia Project, that it says will eventually do for the planet what the initial Vulcan project is doing for the country."

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wow thats impressive...

That's it. I'm moving to Montana.

Utah has the lowest lung cancer rate in the US.. but noooo that comes from smoking doesn't it? *snicker

Edit: Their total fossil fuel emissions map almost looks exactly like this one: Lung cancer by state With the exception of California, (Thanks Santa Ana winds!) Surprise surprise.

Would've been nice to show the CO2 emissions in this fashion as a global phenomena that goes beyond political boundaries (enabling to show the emissions relative to the rest of the world..this video looks at total emissions of several countries:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Hans-Roslings-GapCast-Energy-and-Emissions
), but this way daily car/airplane commuters and gadget aficionados in the US are pointed at more directly - especially because by showing the geographical distribution of emissions over time.

>> ^Enzoblue:
Edit: Their total fossil fuel emissions map almost looks exactly like this one: Lung cancer by state With the exception of California, (Thanks Santa Ana winds!) Surprise surprise.

Actually, it looks quite different. Notice the emissions in Washington, Nevada, and Oregon, then compare to Wisconsin and Minnesota. I get where you're going here, but it doesn't seem to be a strong correlation to me.

I am surprised how little LA has, considering how a few years back there used to be smog alerts.

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