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Thu Nov 20, 2014, 06:19 AM Nov 2014

NASA releases video of how Carbon-Dioxide is floating in Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA releases an insane video of how Carbon-Dioxide is floating in Earth’s Atmosphere and it’s serious

NASA Scientists now have a better understanding of how carbon dioxide travels and spreads round our atmosphere, and indeed all over the globe. They were able to accomplish this simulation through a computer model simulation provided by ultra high resolutions obtained from NASA, and the view is quite stunning as it provides a visual illustration of how CO2 moves around our earth.

According to the explanation given by NASA: “Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds disperse the greenhouse gas away from its sources. The simulation also illustrates differences in carbon dioxide levels in the northern and southern hemispheres and distinct swings in global carbon dioxide concentrations as the growth cycle of plants and trees changes with the seasons.”

Using the super computer model GEOS-5 made by scientists at the Goddard Global Modeling, NASA goes on to explain that “Scientists have made ground-based measurements of carbon dioxide for decades and in July NASA launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite to make global, space-based carbon observations. But the simulation — the product of a new computer model that is among the highest-resolution ever created — is the first to show in such fine detail how carbon dioxide actually moves through the atmosphere.”

http://thewestsidestory.net/2014/11/20/21461/nasa-releases-insane-video-carbon-dioxide-floating-earths-atmosphere-serious/

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