Internet and technology giant Google recently unveiled on Thursday its latest application that can show and calculate the concentration of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission.
The Google Earth map is a new application which can display the CO2 emissions in metric tons. The software, which resembles a high resolution map can calculate and display the pollutant by city, state, country, capita, and region.
For three years, Purdue University and US scientists have developed the application and dubbed the project as “Vulcan”, the god of fire in the Roman mythology. The project’s main goal is to collect accurate data that will reveal how much pollution people are creating while they burn fossil fuels and gasoline.
In an interview, Vulcan project leader Kevin Gurney said that the latest application will allow people to access the current condition of the environment, adding that the public will be provided with information that may change their attitude towards the environment.
The Google Earth map calculates the CO2 emission by sector, which allows people to know what industries are the greatest contributors of this element which cause global warming that threatens various specious all over the world.
According to a recent study, the US contributes almost one-fourth of the total gas emission worldwide, almost generating over 6 million metric tons of the element annually. Meanwhile, China remains on top of the list of the countries that generates the highest quantity of CO2 emission, producing more than 7 million metric tons of gas every year.
Meanwhile, the project was funded by US Department of Energy, Knauf Insulation, National Aeronautics and Space (NASA), and Purdue Showalter Trust.
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wow, very interesting
Hello, My name is Thyaga and am a computer science student at the univ of mauritius. I read the article and found it very interesting. My concern is that i want to know if it is possible for an islander like me if i can get the carbon emissions for Mauritius and other islands and if yes how? because i have downloaded Google Earth but was unable to get this feature.
Thanks in advance,
Best regards
Thyaga