Global CO Emissions
Educator Resources for "Global CO Emissions"
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Learn about the causes of increased CO levels in the lower atmosphere, and discuss how the information can play a role in constructing environmental policy.
- What does the data visualization on global carbon monoxide emissions show?
- What is carbon monoxide?
- Can increased amounts of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere pose a threat? How?
- What are the three major sources of carbon monoxide?
- Why is the data showing the concentrations of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere important to scientists?
Related Links from NASA
- Earth Observatory: Seasonal Carbon Monoxide Measurements
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16550
Find out how and why carbon monoxide—a colorless, odorless poisonous gas—is polluting the Earth, and what we are doing about it. - Visible Earth: Forest Global Carbon Monoxide (Air Pollution) Measurements
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?8086
Learn about the technology that NASA uses to detect pollutants in the Earth’s atmosphere.
