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Carbon Tracking

WHAT HAS A BIG FOOTPRINT AND SCIENTISTS TRACKING ITS EVERY MOVE?  NO, ITS NOT A SASQUATCH - ITS CARBON DIOXIDE, AND WE’RE MAPPING ITS PATH ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

PIETER TANS OF NOAA’S EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY TAKES MEASUREMENTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES AROUND THE GLOBE TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY’RE EMITTED AND IN WHAT AMOUNTS.

THE INFORMATION HE COLLECTS IS MAPPED AND USED TO MONITOR GLOBAL WARMING.  IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN IMPORTANT POLICY SUPPORT TOOL – TANS SAYS IT COULD HELP GOVERNMENTS  AND INDUSTRY EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 

TANS "AS SOON AS CITIES AND STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THAT MATTER, GET REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT LIMITING EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE, WE HAVE A TOOL THAT CAN ACTUALLY OBJECTIVELY QUANTIFY THIS."

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.

For more information on CarbonTracker, please visit the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory.

For more information on how to help fight global warming, please visit http://www.fightglobalwarming.com.

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org