Model Behavior: Visualizing Global Carbon Dioxide

This global map of carbon dioxide was created using a model called GEOS, short for the Goddard Earth Observing System. GEOS is a high-resolution weather reanalysis model, powered by supercomputers, that is used to represent what was happening in the atmosphere — including storm systems, cloud formations, and other natural events. This model pulls in billions of data points from ground observations and satellite instruments – and has a resolution is more than 100 times greater than your typical weather model.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Producer, Narration: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Scientist: Lesley Ott (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist: Brad Weir (USRA)
Writer: Jenny Marder Fadoul (Telophase)
Visualizer: A. J. Christensen (AVL NCSA/University of Illinois)
Technical support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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[richardp]

That is exactly how scientific communication should look like.

[ARPost-knjl]

Amazing to see how we can not stop our own destruction in hi-res

[aleeexxx]

I can barely see Europe. Any other render showing EU better?

[aaronschmidt]

Amazing, and important to protect this truth from being suppressed by people who stand to short-term benefit from exacerbating environmental abuse.

[tomschuelke]

Outstanding and Scarry.. why is such stuff not presented much much more in public media

[Skeware]

Data for Europe? I'd like yo see how this looks in Europe.

[darkflamestudios]

Can you render another for Methane please? I hear that levels have been rising too. How can I access these models?

[JetPilot]

Would like to get a better look at Europe and Russia.

[eemoogee]

We need to change so much about how we live

[HvS]

Acho que da para ver quais são o países que mais contribuem para o fim do mundo...

[nasrani]

California to Colorado seemed clean. American Rockies looked clean but Canadian Rockies were emitting lots of CO2.

[gosnelljames]

Amazon Rainforest, what are you doing?

[coultl]

Why does China's C02 not have a day/night cycle?

[Zinshin]

Incredible model. More people need to see this.

[finddeniro]

Last year's Canadian fires... Huge.. Ozone generation a Needed.. Top atmospheric..

[jimmylieb]

you can see individual large coal fired power plants and factories!!

[FrenchingAround]

Wow, so south america is one giant power plant!

[JJ-frki]

Please show non-covid data. This is missing lots because of shutdowns. In particular container ship emissions and plane emissions.

[TeriVári]

😢 talán nem csak nézegetni kellene, hanem tenni ellene ..
Itt megölünk mindent, hogy azután egy halott bolygón próbáljunk életet teremteni😢 (Mars, Hold ...)

[petef.]

It sadly looks like watching a beating heart slowly die, until it concludes with it's last beat.