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December 28, 2014 6:59 AM

Three visualizations of CO2 emissions: Here’s a cool way to visualize carbon emissions. New York's carbon emissions - in real time. NASA found a way to visualize the most important process behind global warming.
posted by stbalbach (5 comments total)

In case you're wondering how China became the #1 CO2 generator in 2005: Electricity Production in China
posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 7:59 AM on December 28, 2014

That Vox article is the most comprehensive introduction to global warming I've seen yet.
posted by sneebler at 8:00 AM on December 28, 2014

Cool visualization. One quibble, the map projection makes it appear that the co2 in the arctic exceeds that of the northern temparate zones. I'd love to see the same model in a different projection.
posted by forforf at 8:15 AM on December 28, 2014

It looks like that because that's the way it is (higher CO2 concentrations in the Arctic).
There are numerous references for it, clustered around the search term "400 ppm".
posted by the Real Dan at 12:27 PM on December 28, 2014

They're about as sure of this as they are that cigarette smoke causes cancer.

That's a good way to sell it!
posted by fragmede at 1:02 PM on December 28, 2014 [1 favorite]