Elevated CO2 over Europe (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Elevated CO2 over Europe

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Using data acquired from 2003-2005 by the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite, scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide -- the most important greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming -- originating from manmade emissions. the findings show an extended plume over Europe's most populated area, the region from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Frankfurt, Germany.

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ESA - DLR - IUP, Univ.Bremen

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