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Scientists Unveil High-Res Map of the US Carbon Footprint

April 9th, 2008 by admin · No Comments

A team of scientists has completed a carbon dioxide emissions inventory of the United States plotted down to 100 square kilometer chunks.

The work, known as The Vulcan Project, has already yielded a significant discovery: Previous CO2 estimates that used population as a proxy for emissions overestimated the Northeast’s greenhouse-gas generation, while underestimating the coal-heavy Southeast’s contribution.

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