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On the track of carbon dioxide

Maps provide friendly — but rough — view of global emissions.

It's still pretty raw, but an online tool to track carbon dioxide emissions is being set up by the US government. The new CarbonTracker website (http://carbontracker.noaa.gov ) is meant to provide a public-friendly view of greenhouse-gas emissions from various sources around the world. The snapshot here shows CO2 uptake for a week in July 2005 - dark blue represents the strongest CO2 sinks.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on March 28, 2007 06:00 PM |

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