Earth ID: 5081

National Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) budgets inferred from atmospheric observations

Visualizations by Helen-Nicole Kostis and Greg Shirah Released on March 7, 2023

This data visualization shows the emissions (sources) and removals (sinks) of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for more than 100 countries around the world. These estimates are informed by observations of atmospheric CO₂ observed by a network of ground-based sites and NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2), which has mapped CO₂ around the globe since 2014.

The net emissions and removals are the combined impact of fossil fuel emissions and land carbon stock changes. These terrestrial carbon stock changes indicate changes in the amount of carbon stored in organic matter on land, which is impacted by land use and land use change, including emissions from deforestation and removals from improved land stewardship and reforestation.

The visualization shows that fossil fuel emissions drive net emissions of CO₂ to the atmosphere, which are in turn driving climate change. Terrestrial carbon stock changes are smaller than the fossil fuel emissions and regionally varying. In general, terrestrial carbon stocks are increasing across the northern extratropics but are more variable in the tropics, where deforestation is more extensive.

Mean fossil fuel emissions for over 100 countries around the world for the period 2015-2020. This version is provided with white background and black text.

Mean terrestrial carbon stock change for over 100 countries around the world for the period 2015-2020. This version is provided with white background and black text.

This visualization shows yearly net surface emissions and removals by more than 100 countries from 2015 to 2020. . Countries with emissions, seen here in red, appear to pop from the page, compared to countries with removals, seen in green.

This data visualization shows yearly fossil fuel emissions by more than 100 countries from 2015 to 2020. Countries with high emissions, including the U.S. and China, seen here in dark red, appearing to pop from the page, compared to others with lower emissions.

This data visualization illustrates changes in the amount of carbon stored in organic matter on land, called terrestrial carbon stock changes, from 2015 to 2020. Activities such as improved land stewardship and deforestation, which is more extensive in the tropics than other regions, affect these stock changes.

Mean net surface emissions and removals of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for over 100 countries around the world for the period 2015-2020.

Este mapa muestra el promedio de emisiones y eliminaciones netas de dióxido de carbono entre 2015 y 2020 utilizando estimaciones informadas por las mediciones del satélite OCO-2 de la NASA. Los países en los que se eliminó más dióxido de carbono del emitido aparecen como depresiones verdes, mientras que los países con mayores emisiones son de color marrón o rojo y parecen sobresalir de la página.

Crédito: Estudio de Visualización Científica de la NASA

Yearly net surface emissions and removals of carbon dioxide for over 100 countries around the world for the period 2015-2020. This version has a dark ocean.

Mean net surface emissions and removals of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for over 100 countries around the world for the period 2015-2020. This version has a dark ocean.

Visualization Credits

Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Visualizer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Brendan Byrne (NASA/JPL): Lead Scientist
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Technical Support

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
Byrne, B., Baker, D. F., Basu, S., Bertolacci, M., Bowman, K. W., Carroll, D., Chatterjee, A., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Cressie, N., Crisp, D., Crowell, S., Deng, F., Deng, Z., Deutscher, N. M., Dubey, M., Feng, S., García, O., Griffith, D. W. T., Herkommer, B., Hu, L., Jacobson, A. R., Janardanan, R., Jeong, S., Johnson, M. S., Jones, D. B. A., Kivi, R., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Maksyutov, S., Miller, J. B., Miller, S. M., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Oda, T., O’Dell, C. W., Oh, Y.-S., Ohyama, H., Patra, P. K., Peiro, H., Petri, C., Philip, S., Pollard, D. F., Poulter, B., Remaud, M., Schuh, A., Sha, M. K., Shiomi, K., Strong, K., Sweeney, C., Té, Y., Tian, H., Velazco, V. A., Vrekoussis, M., Warneke, T., Worden, J. R., Wunch, D., Yao, Y., Yun, J., Zammit-Mangion, A., and Zeng, N.: National CO2 budgets (2015–2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the Global Stocktake, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, ttps://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-963-2023

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Data Used:

Pilot top-down CO2 Budget constrained by the v10 OCO-2 MIP Version 1

Analysis

https://doi.org/10.48588/npf6-sw92

Credit:
Pilot top-down CO2 Budget constrained by the v10 OCO-2 MIP Version 1 Byrne, B., Baker, D. F., Basu, S., Bertolacci, M., Bowman, K. W., Carroll, D., Chatterjee, A., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Cressie, N., Crisp, D., Crowell, S., Deng, F., Deng, Z., Deutscher, N. M., Dubey, M. K., Feng, S., García, O. E., Herkommer, B., Hu, L., Jacobson, A. R., Janardanan, R., Jeong, S., Johnson, M. S., Jones, D. B. A., Kivi, R., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Maksyutov, S., Miller, J. B., Miller, S. M., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Oda, T., O’Dell, C. W., Oh, Y.-S., Ohyama, H., Patra, P. K., Peiro, H., Petri, C., Philip, S., Pollard, D. F., Poulter, B., Remaud, M., Schuh, A., Sha, M. K., Shiomi, K., Strong, K., Sweeney, C., Té, Y., Tian, H., Velazco, V. A., Vrekoussis, M., Warneke, T., Worden, J. R., Wunch, D., Yao, Y., Yun, J., Zammit-Mangion, A., and Zeng, N. https://doi.org/10.48588/npf6-sw92

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