NASA educates people about the effects of carbon emissions on our planet through this animation that you should not miss.
NASA wants to raise public awareness, and has distributed an interesting animation where you can see the ebb and flow of atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions around the world.
As you are well aware, our atmosphere is full of greenhouse gases which is affecting the health of the population, and obviously the climate we are experiencing, such as extreme summer heat.
These NASA animations show that CO2 is mostly visible in the Northern Hemisphere and less so in the Southern Hemisphere.
NASA Note that this model is designed to better understand the locations and interactions between carbon sources and carbon sinks where excess CO2 is absorbed.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent greenhouse gas driving global climate change.“, reads the NASA blog.”However, there has been an increase Atmosphere This would be even faster without terrestrial and marine carbon sinks, which together absorb about half of human emissions each year.,
A map of the main culprits
In the animation you can see the carbon sources are shown with a thick toxic-looking orange color, while the burning biomass is colored rusty red. Then terrestrial carbon sinks glow green as they absorb extra CO 2 While the carbon sink in the ocean is shown in blue.
It can be seen that centers in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Europe, North America or China, generate more sources carbon dioxide.
On the other hand, rainforests, forests and grasslands are carbon sinks that can be seen glowing green by sequestering carbon.
It should be noted that carbon sinks only absorb excess carbon during daylight hours through plants that absorb CO2 through photosynthesis.