+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Missing Carbon: CO2 Growth in the last 400,000 Years The animation shows a graph of carbon dioxide (on the y-axis) versus time (on the x-axis). First data is shown from about the last 400,000 years. Next, this graph slides to the left and a new graph slides on showing carbon dioxide from the last 1000 years. NOTE: the y-axis scale remains the same. Finally, a graph showing carbon dioxide from 1980 to 2005 is shown. The industrial revolution is shown as a blue line. Lake Vostok ice cores provide data from about 400,000 BC to about 4000 BC; Law Dome ice cores provide data from 1010 AD to 1975 AD; Mauna Loa observations provide data from 1980 to 2005.    Carbon Dioxide graphs from the last 400,000; 1000; and 25 year ranges Duration: 15.0 seconds Available formats:   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   7 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   11 MB   1280x720 (29.97 fps) Frames   640x480 (29.97 fps) Frames   320x240     PNG           60 KB   160x80       PNG           12 KB   80x40         PNG           3 KB   1280x720 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   33 MB   320x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   1280x720 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   3 MB   320x240 (29.97 fps) X-FLV       649 KB How to play our movies    Carbon Dioxide graph from the last 400,000 years Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   922 KB   320 x 240         PNG       38 KB    Carbon Dioxide graph from the last 1000 years (includes last 400,000 year graph) Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF 1003 KB   320 x 240         PNG       42 KB    Carbon Dioxide graph from the last 25 year (includes last 400,000 and 1000 year graphs) Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF 1 MB   320 x 240         PNG       47 KB Animation Number: 3307 Completed: 2005-11-14 Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Jim Collatz (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Carbon Dioxide from Lake Vostok Ice Core (411,005 BC to 3674 BC)   Carbon Dioxide from Lawdome Ice Core (1010 AD to 1975 AD)   Carbon Dioxide from Mauna Loa Measurements (1980 to 2005) Series: Missing Carbon Goddard TV Tape: G2007-001HD -- NASA's HD Climate Change Resource Tape Keywords: SVS >> Carbon Dioxide SVS >> HDTV GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds >> Carbon Dioxide GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Paleoclimate >> Ice Core Records >> Carbon Dioxide     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: