Important proof-of-principle for CO2MBut now, scientists have shown that such tracking-at-the-source is already possible, even with existing satellites, for ‘super-emitters’ like the Bełchatów power plant in Poland.“Here we show for the first time that it’s already possible to measure changes in CO2 emissions from a large power plant, with observations from existing CO2-tracking satellites,” said Dr Ray Nassar, an atmospheric scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, and the study’s first author, published in Frontiers in Remote Sensing.CO2 is emitted by the 300 meter-high stacks at Bełchatów and carried by the wind in the form of an invisible plume, approximately 10-50 km long and 550 meters above Earth.Excellent agreement between observed and predicted dataThe researchers compared the measurements from space to estimates for Bełchatów's emissions, based on its known daily power generation output.“This future capacity will lead to improved CO2 emission information at the scale of countries, cities or individual facilities, enhancing transparency under the Paris Agreement and supporting efforts to reduce emissions causing climate change.”JournalFrontiers in Remote SensingMethod of ResearchData/statistical analysisSubject of ResearchNot applicableArticle TitleTracking CO2 emission reductions from space: A case study at Europe’s largest fossil fuel power plantArticle Publication Date28-Oct-2022COI StatementThe authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest"