How much CO2 is created by...
Every action, every event, every person, everything emits a certain amount of carbon. This interactive visualization examines some of those scenarios. Play around to learn some interesting and surprising information about how much carbon is released during various activities.
About this data
The data leveraged in this application is derived from a number of sources, including: “How Bad Are Bananas?”, Agence France-Presse, Carbon Trust Report, comScore Inc., Google, Guardian, Heathrow Airport Limited, JP Morgan, Real Climate, The Independent, The New York Times, Times, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute
Carbon footprints of electricity sources

      
Area of forest lost per year
Gigatonnes of carbon
stored in permafrost, vegetation and soil
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