Watching the planet breathe

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This is a remarkable video visualizing the atmosphere throughout a year.

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An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
For more info:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/09/the-earth-has-lungs-watch-them-breathe/

 

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Does CO2 actually "bunch" near the north pole as the model displays?

 

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Evidently yes. The northern hemisphere is a dirty place. Ice and snow are getting soiled with soot that darkens its surface and thus accelerates its melting. Here is another visualization of the annual increase in CO2 levels since 1979 as read at Mauna Loa observatory. let it play on and it goes back 800,000 years. When seen graphically like this it deflates the notion that the current state of affairs is a natural earth cycle.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/history.html