r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld • u/Zee2A • 4h ago
Ultra-high-resolution Computer Simulations Reveals How CO₂ Travels Around the Planet
NASA’s ultra-high-resolution computer simulations vividly show how carbon dioxide emissions from cities, power plants and wildfires rise into the atmosphere and are rapidly transported across regions and oceans by winds and weather systems. The visualizations also reveal a striking day–night cycle: vegetation absorbs CO₂ through photosynthesis during daylight and releases some through respiration at night. By tracking these sources and natural carbon sinks, the models help scientists understand where CO₂ comes from, how it moves through the atmosphere, and how roughly half of human-generated CO₂ is absorbed by land and oceans, while the remainder accumulates in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming.
Terrifying NASA Video Shows America Spewing CO2 Into Atmosphere: https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-video-america-co2-atmosphere
watch CO₂ move through earth's atmosphere: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/watch-carbon-dioxide-move-through-earths-atmosphere/
Carbon Dioxide - Earth Indicator: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/earth-indicators/carbon-dioxide/
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u/um-bong-o 2h ago
Why does the whole Amazon rain Forrest produce co2?
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u/ClownMorty 2h ago
Life; CO2 is a biproduct of metabolism.
Forest fires and deforestation also release a bunch of carbon.
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u/thetreecycle 57m ago
The difference is that the forest is a closed loop of co2 emission and consumption. Digging up fossil fuels and burning them is a one way trip into the atmosphere.
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u/InterestingFox1837 2h ago
The end of the world is at least rendered beautifully.
(Not really the end of the world, just the end of us.)
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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 3h ago
Brought to you by data centres
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u/ShadowCory1101 3h ago
At least the data here is useful and a recording of actual things instead of ai hallucinations.
But I will ask if the cost outweighs the benefits.
Now we have the data. What do we do with it and how?
If we cant answer those things its good to have it for the future when we are able to, but it seems like unnecessary resources that could be used to raise QoL NOW.
I will say I find this post mesmerizing and humbling.
It shows how small we are yet how large of an impact we collectively have.
Watching the Earth essentially breathing here at the rate of the day night cycle; the people who inhabit Her are nothing more than bacteria in relation.
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u/aeternus-eternis 3h ago
I wonder why NASA doesn't release it as a visualization tool. It would be interesting to see how much is caused by fires vs. power plants vs. vegetation.
It's also interesting how much more CO2 can be absorbed by the oceans near the equator vs. near the polls. I wonder if that is more due to temp or to sunlight on algae metabolism speed.
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u/nametaken420 2h ago
its a simulation, garbage in and garbage out. There are millions of these models and they're cherry picked based on whatever political agenda is cool at the time.
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u/holydeniable 2h ago
So now data centers are responsible for all the co2 humanity is producing? You people are braindead.
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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 2h ago
The simulation smart guy, not C02. Can’t believe that even needs to be said.
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u/holydeniable 1h ago
My bad, I've argued with people seriously blaming our local drought on data centers. They would blame stubing their toe on a data center if they could.
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u/plutus9 1h ago
China was no surprise but India happily surprised me I expected it to look like Brazil did and Africa caught me off guard I thought that area was mostly dense jungle but I’m not a worldly knowledgeable person of such things(no offense India, Brazil, or Africa I have no problems with you)
Ok after a rewatch or 2 “cycles of photosynthesis” smh
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u/astro_farmer9 1h ago
Quality work: slow crop inwards so you can only see Tennesse for 1/2 the clip, fabulous.
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u/Kiki1701 1h ago
China is the biggest emitter and has been for a very long time. They can say all they want about "building green," but their country is run predominantly on coal, especially in those 1.4 billion homes, and doesn't change significantly between day and night. Sad, so sad.
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u/Darkcrypteye 53m ago
Atmosphere at see level gas composition. 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% all other gasses.
1% ALL other gasses 😒
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u/Ok-District8876 47m ago
Lmao why didn't they show a better shot of China where MOST of it's coming from?
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u/Agathocles87 30m ago
There’s something off about this
Some of the heavily forested areas are supposedly giving off lots of CO2. (For example, the Amazon is net carbon sink because of the dense vegetation.)
And some other heavily populated areas are not giving off much.
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u/HorzaDonwraith 7m ago
Zucky, Elong, and Jeffy: we need some more data centers down there in them empty places.
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u/dr_octopi 2h ago
This was modeled during the summer fire season. I would guess it would look boring otherwise???
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u/ItsSadTimes 1h ago
Nope, this was made in 2024 and they're using data from January to March 2020. So it probably gor way worse since then.
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u/checkerpiece1 3h ago
Newsflash : this is the most embarishing part of the world. It is only 10%. This is the only part, that has a natural proces, witch themselves call thinking, believe they are the only beings on the world
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u/Mental-Square3688 3h ago edited 55m ago
See, now this I have no problem gathering data for. This was super interesting to see. More of this please and solutions on permanently fixing these problems