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Carbon Footprints – Great Moments In Science – ABC News
Are discussions about your individual ‘carbon footprint’ really a distraction, shifting blame onto everyday citizens?
Dr Karl: G’day, Dr Karl here.
If you’ve been following the science of Climate Change, you’ll have come across the phrase “carbon footprint”. This carbon footprint is supposed to reflect the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions created by an individual, a product, service, organisation, or an event.
The word “footprint” is pretty self-explanatory – the mark or tracks left behind by a foot – but it’s been co-opted to describe our impact on the world in lots of different ways. For example, in 1965,…
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