NASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2

The video from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center presents a supercomputer model visualizing carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere over a year. It highlights the role of human activity in CO2 emissions, the natural absorption by land and oceans, and the seasonal variations in CO2 levels. The video also discusses carbon monoxide emissions from fires in the southern hemisphere. It emphasizes the increasing CO2 levels contributing to global warming and introduces NASA's OCO-2 mission, which aims to provide a global view of CO2 and improve climate model predictions.

What is the primary greenhouse gas affected by human activity?

How do weather patterns affect the dispersion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

How do plants contribute to the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during spring and summer?

What happens to carbon dioxide levels as summer transitions to fall?

What is the role of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO 2) in understanding carbon dioxide?