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

This visualization shows the CO2 being added to Earth's atmosphere over the course of the year 2021, split into four major contributors: fossil fuels in orange, burning biomass in red, land ecosystems in green, and the ocean in blue. The dots on the surface also show how atmospheric carbon dioxide is also being absorbed by land ecosystems in green and the ocean in blue. Though the land and oceans are each carbon sinks in a global sense, individual locations can be sources at different times. For example, in this view highlighting North America and South America, during the growing season plants absorb CO2 through photosynthesis, but release much of this carbon through respiration during winter months. Some interesting features include fossil fuel emissions from the northeastern urban corridor that extends from Washington D.C. to Boston in the United States. The fast oscillation over the Amazon rainforest shows the impact of plants absorbing carbon while the sun is shining and then releasing it during nighttime hours.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2023
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Andrew J Christensen, Mark SubbaRao, Brenda Lopez-Silva, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Lesley Ott, Ian Jones, Laurence Schuler
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atmospheric_Carbon_Dioxide_Tagged_by_Source_(SVS5110_-_JanToDec2021_TaggedCO2_4-20-2023a_co2_foursources_sphere_americas_decal_2160p30).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Andrew J Christensen, Mark SubbaRao, Brenda Lopez-Silva, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Lesley Ott, Ian Jones, Laurence Schuler
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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