AIRS CO2 Images used in Al Gore's Testimony to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Former Vice-President Al Gore appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 28, 2009 to urge lawmakers to adopt a binding carbon cap and push for a new global climate pact by the end of the year.
As part of a slide show presented to the committee, Gore displayed AIRS carbon dioxide images created with data from July 2003 and July 2008 to demonstrate the increase in carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
Watch the testimony on the C-SPAN web site. The AIRS images are displayed at about 34:30.
Images featured in testimony
AIRS Global CO2 Distribution, July 2003
AIRS Global CO2 Distribution, July 2008
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Frame from visualization showing the seasonal variation and increase in carbon dioxide from Sep 2002 through July 2008
July 2003
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July 2008
