Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions

Using data acquired from 2003-2005 by the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite, scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide -- the most important greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming -- originating from manmade emissions. the findings show an extended plume over Europe's most populated area, the region from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Frankfurt, Germany. Credit: ESA - DLR - IUP, Univ.Bremen