'As policymakers and as scientists, we're trying to account for where carbon comes from and how that impacts the planet,' climate scientist Lesley Ott said.
A brand new NASA video reveals the fascinating patterns of carbon dioxide moving around our atmosphere.The visualization shows CO2 pouring out from major cities in the U.S., before being blown into swirling eddies by atmospheric currents.
'We had a feeling we were going to see plume structures and things that we've never been able to see when we do these coarser resolution simulations,' Ott said. 'Just seeing how persistent the plumes were and the interaction of the plumes with weather systems, it was tremendous.
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