GW Swindle Update, Funny CO2 Emission Map

You guys know I don't normally post about Global Warming / Climate Change, since it's not one of my specialties and we already have info on AccuWeather.com (our site, blog, forum, statement, info ad nauseum). But today I just couldn't resist these two items:

First, NASA is callinga new set of data from Purdue University "revolutionary" - it actually shows where greenhouse gases are coming from in the U.S... only problem is, they've basically recreated a population map. This, to me, is not big news: Carbon Dioxide emissions are coming from where there are the most cars and factories. Compare the two maps below and decide for yourself (population map by JimIrwin at WikiPedia).

(Can you guess which is which?? Click here for the original CO2 map, here for the population map. I altered the low-concentration colors and background colors of the two maps to be the same hues, but the data is unchanged).

Their YouTube video, shown below, is worth watching because it shows some 3-D animations that aren't available on their site which, all jokes aside, are somewhat useful because they show where the emissions go in the atmosphere once they leave the sources. P.S.: Great minds think alike, I just realized that Brett also picked this up on our Global Warming Blog.

Second, an unusually terse and condescending press release from NASA says that Channel 4's "The Great Global Warming Swindle" documentary is, itself, a swindle (something the other side obviously suggested after the release) and they've got the proof. They say that the documentary claimed that all climate change was caused by cosmic rays, and their data indicates no correlation. The reason I bring this up is that I posted about the documentary last year (it's finally available on DVD by the way). You can read a less-biased article about "The Swindle" getting swindled at MSNBC.

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