Global warming is mainly the result of CO2 levels rising in the Earth’s atmosphere. Both atmospheric CO2 and climate change are accelerating. Climate scientists say we have years, not decades, to stabilize CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
To help the world succeed, CO2Now.org makes it easy to see the most current CO2 level and what it means. So, use this site and keep an eye on CO2. Invite others to do the same. Then we can do more to send CO2 in the right direction.
Watch CO2 now and know the score on global warming, practically in real time.
CO2Now.org broadcasts the world's latest data for atmospheric CO2 as measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. This is where high-precision CO2 monitoring was started in March 1958 by Dr. Dave Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Mauna Loa Observatory is a remote location where CO2 is well mixed in the atmosphere, more than two miles above sea level.
Today, Scripps and NOAA monitor CO2 levels at the Mauna Loa Observatory. (NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Institution.) NOAA published preliminary data within 7 to 14 days of when the monthly data is collected.
Whether atmospheric CO2 is rising or falling, the scientific data tells us what is happening. It tells us almost in real time.
CO2Now.org makes it easy for scientists and non-scientists to get the latest data. It gives people a direct connection to the atmosphere without filters or adjustments. CO2Now.org uses the latest NOAA data to broadcast current levels for atmospheric CO2. This is done in a few ways:
The widgets stand out because the let website owners display atmospheric CO2 from their site or blog. They let people make atmospheric CO2 visible without needing to visit a website like CO2Now.org. When a person wants to know more about CO2 levels, they can learn more by clicking the widget and visiting CO2Now.org. The widgets are updated every month when data is updated at CO2Now.org, within hours of when the scientific data is published.
Today, atmospheric CO2 levels are at record-high levels and accelerating higher. The CO2 trends are at the heart of the problems we commonly call global warming and climate change.
Paying attention to atmospheric CO2 is a key step that gets us closer to the solutions. It is a practice that improves our understanding and leads to effective targets and actions that helps get CO2 levels falling back to safe levels. By watch the monthly CO2 levels over time, it is easy to get clear about whether enough is being done to end global warming and the dangerous changes in the climate system. Individuals, groups and institutions can help make CO2 visible far and wide by adding one of the free CO2Now widgets to their blog or website.
CO2 widgets don't get much smaller than this. We call it the "Nano 60" because it is just 60 pixels wide and 60 pixels high.
This little wonder lets you add the latest data for atmospheric CO2 to the tightest spots on your website or blog. Place it discretely on one of your pages, or plaster it everywhere. You decide.
It is easy to display the "Nano 60" widget to a website. Simple instructions and html code are provided below.
The Rio 92 widget is named for the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, a hopeful and key event in the history of the world response to the problems of global warming and climate change . This rounded widget is 92 x 92 pixels. It is as simple as the Nano 60, and almost as small and discrete. It is easy to find a good spot for a Rio 92 on most any web page or blog. Think about adding a Rio 92 to some pages on your site.
To add a Rio 92 widget, simple instructions and html code are provided below.
The Charney 130 is larger with more information that is helpful for people who are not already familiar with current CO2 levels. It is still small enough to be used at a number of locations on a site or blog.
This widget is named after Jule Charney, the distinguished MIT meteorologist who led a nine-member Ad Hoc Group of Carbon Dioxide and Climate. This group was appointed by US President Jimmy Carter in 1979. After meeting for five days at the National Academy of Science's summer study center, in Woods Hole, Massachussetts, the group affirmed, "If carbon dioxide continues to increase, the study group finds no reason to doubt that climate change will result and no reason to believe that these changes will be negligible."
To add a Charney 130 widget to your site, simple instructions and html code are provided below.
The CO2 Toaster Widget was launched here at CO2Now.org as one of more than 5,000 climate actions that happened around the world on October 24, 2009. This active little graphic grabs attention and shares important information about our planet. Not only does it say what CO2 is right now, it shows what CO2 has been, and what it should be.
To plug this nifty widget into your site, click the "share" button that's built into the widget, or grab the HTML widget code below. (Some instructions are also available below.)
The Tyndall 200 widget is named in honour of John Tyndall. This is the Irish scientist who, in 1859, built the world's first ratio spectrophotometer and identified the natural greenhouse effect that is now recognized as an essential condition of life on Earth.
This widget is updated in the second week of every month so the world's most current data for atmospheric CO2 is displayed on your site. The colourful and informative Tyndall 200 widget is 200 pixels wide and 300 pixels high. Smaller versions of this popular widget are now available: 180, 160 and 140. For readability, we recommend the large sizes.
Widget code and simple instructions are provided below...
CO2Now.org is one of the Pro Oxygen websites that is being set up to help make the atmosphere a better space...and ultimately solve global warming. The Pro Oxygen 300 widget is displayed on every page of this website. When you add this widget to your site or blog, the latest update will appear on your site the second it shows up on ours.
The widgets from CO2Now.org are updated simultaneously--shortly after the latest CO2 measurements is made public from the Mauna Loa Observatory. With one of these widgets, your site can get the CO2 update almost as soon as the changes can be recorded by scientists. Cool eh? Except, of course, that the rise of CO2 and a few other greenhouse gases is the trend that drives ocean acidification, global warming and climate change.
This widget is 300 pixels wide X 201 pixels high. Here is the way the widget can be added to your site...
Keep reading for more information about Gro Harlem Brundtland and instructions for installing the Brundtland CO2 widget at your website or blog. This widget is available in four sizes.
Widgets from CO2Now are used on websites of all kinds around the world. They display the current level of atmospheric carbon dioxide from tens of thousands of web pages to millions of people. Some live examples are linked below.
CO2Now helps keep atmospheric CO2 levels visible online and off.
If you have a newsletter, newspaper or magazine, feel free to use the graphics and data from CO2Now to show the latest CO2 levels and trend information. Please make reference CO2Now.org so people know where to get more details. High resolution graphics can be requested by
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If you were to design a CO2 widget, what would it look like? Would you want to create a designer widget for anyone to use? Or, something unique for your own use and distribution?
If you were to design a CO2 widget, what would it look like? Would you want to create a designer widget for anyone to use? Or, something unique for your own use and distribution?
