A Global Decline in Carbon Monoxide

The widespread adoption of cleaner-burning technologies and declines in fire activity over the past two decades has drawn down global levels of the pollutant.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Global Decline in Carbon Monoxide.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Buchholz, R., et al. (2021). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 26, 2022
Data acquired 2002 - 2018

Source:: Terra > MOPITT

Collection:: Air Quality