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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Tagged by Source (SVS5110 - JanToDec2021 TaggedCO2 4-20-2023a co2 foursources sphere emea decal 2160p30)

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Andrew J Christensen, Mark SubbaRao, Brenda Lopez-Silva, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Lesley Ott, Ian Jones, Laurence Schuler

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This view highlights Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. European fossil fuel emissions are visible as is red representing emissions from fires over central Africa that are used to clear crop residue. Fires represent a much smaller source of CO2 to the atmosphere than fossil fuel emissions, but are significant because they can alter the ability of an ecosystem to sequester carbon in the future. Scientists are carefully monitoring how CO2 emissions from fires are altered by climate change, which is bringing longer and more severe fire seasons to many areas.

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Andrew J Christensen, Mark SubbaRao, Brenda Lopez-Silva, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Lesley Ott, Ian Jones, Laurence Schuler
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