Climate Scientists Use Crowd-Sourcing to Help Map Global CO2 Emissions (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Climate Scientists Use Crowd-Sourcing to Help Map Global CO2 Emissions

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Darragh O'Keefe (GIS specialist) logs on to the Ventus website to demonstrate its Google maps interface. Citizen scientists from around the world can play the game by entering information on power plants including the location, type of fuel used and the amount of electricity produced.

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Sandra Leander

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