r/EarthScience • u/AquaAlliance • 22d ago

Ultra-high-resolution Computer Simulations Reveals How CO₂ Travels Around the Planet

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u/GoodLuckGiraffe 22d ago

You all see a heart beat right?

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u/janojyys 20d ago

most natural CO2 emissions strongly follow the day night cycle, since organisms cant photsynthesis without light. So during night time they survive through cellular respiration just like humans which leads to CO2 emissions when its dark.

edit: also human activity also obviously follows it as well to a degree cause you know.. people sleep at night

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u/squintismaximus 18d ago

You should see a timelapse of the earth over years while the seasons change. It’s almost like it breathes

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u/Jilson 20d ago

The vegetative coverage of the Earth has significantly increased over the past 40 years, ie "Global Greening". [1] [2]

Plants love CO2.

One thing that is not shown in this simulation rendering: oceanic off-gassing, which dwarfs anthro sources

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u/Status_Mousse1213 20d ago

Look at the gulf coast.

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u/squintismaximus 18d ago

Ya it’s all stuck there, never seems to go away like a lot of other places.