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Title: Are countries being honest about their carbon emissions? Satellites could tell
Post by: rangerrebew on September 15, 2017, 08:11:23 am

Are countries being honest about their carbon emissions? Satellites could tell

By Sid PerkinsSep. 14, 2017 , 3:36 PM

It’s all fine and good to sign a climate treaty, but how do you know whether a country is keeping its word? Track it from space. Researchers have shown that observations by Earth-orbiting instruments can be used to estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from individual power plants.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/are-countries-being-honest-about-their-carbon-emissions-satellites-could-tell