'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources

[katty]

more: http://www.physorg.com/news126801696.html

'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources (art has maps,etc)

Researchers now have a better view of where carbon dioxide is being emitted thanks to Vulcan, a research project led by Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor at Purdue. This map shows where CO2 is being emitted in the continental United States in 10-kilometer grids and combines data from sources including factories, automobiles on highways and power plants. The map offers more than 100 times the detail of previous inventories of carbon dioxide. The image displays metric tons of carbon per year per grid in a logarithmic base-10 scale. (Purdue University image/Kevin Gurney)

A new, high- resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought.

"For example, we've been attributing too many emissions to the northeastern United States, and it's looking like the southeastern U.S. is a much larger source than we had estimated previously," says Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Purdue University and leader of the project.

The maps and system, called Vulcan, show CO2 emissions at more than 100 times more detail than was available before. Until now, data on carbon dioxide emissions were reported, in the best cases, monthly at the level of an entire state. The Vulcan model examines CO2 emissions at local levels on an hourly basis.

Researchers say the maps also are more accurate than previous data because they are based on greenhouse gas emissions instead of estimates based on population in areas of the United States.

[Jack Bone]

1. K&R for a great article.

You can download the map by following a link at the link provided.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

2. The comments below the article are just precious.

PAY ATTENTION:

C02 Carbon dioxide
:a heavy colorless gas CO2 that does not support combustion, dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, is formed especially in animal respiration and in the decay or combustion of animal and vegetable matter, is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis, and is used in the carbonation of beverages

C0 Carbon monoxide
: a colorless odorless very toxic gas CO that is formed as a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbon compound

I would say more C02 would mean more green plant life, or did I not get it right in 6th grade Earth Science? C02 is a healthy gas used as a food source by plants. CO, Carbon monoxide,is very toxic and deadly. It is what is created when burning fuel. Has everyone gone retarded or am I in BARZO World. C02 Greenhouse gas my ASS.

:wtf:

Someone with a 6th grade understanding of science is smarter than all the scientists in the world, I guess. :eyes:

[katty]

3. great comment!