Earth's Breath — Interactive CO₂ Climate Globe

A real-time 3D data-art installation. Explore atmospheric CO₂ history from 1700 to 2025 on an interactive globe. Built with NASA Blue Marble imagery and NOAA/Scripps CO₂ data.

Historical Milestones

• 1760 Industrial Revolution — Coal and steam engines begin altering the atmosphere. CO₂: 277 ppm.
• 1880 Second Industrial Revolution — Electricity, steel, and petroleum accelerate emissions.
• 1914 World War I — Global conflict briefly slows, then accelerates industrial expansion.
• 1945 Post-WWII Boom — The Great Acceleration — Consumer society, automobiles, plastics, urbanization. CO₂ growth rate doubles.
• 1958 Mauna Loa Observatory — Charles Keeling begins continuous CO₂ measurement. The Keeling Curve is born.
• 1988 IPCC Founded — Climate change becomes a global political issue.
• 1997 Kyoto Protocol — First legally binding emissions reduction treaty.
• 2015 Paris Agreement — 195 nations pledge to limit warming below 2°C.
• 2023 Breaking 420 ppm — Highest atmospheric CO₂ in 3 million years.

Features: 3D WebGL globe with atmospheric scattering shader, emissions heat map, 6-language support, procedural starfield.