NASA Computer Model Provides a New Portrait of Carbon Dioxide (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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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. Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds disperse the greenhouse gas away from its sources.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/K. Sharghi

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