The Dutch TROPOMI space instrument creates daily global maps of carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Researchers from SRON and TNO have now measured CO emissions over a full year from the 21 largest European steel plants. The preprint is available on EGUsphere.
Together, these are responsible for 77% of European and 7% of worldwide steel production. The satellite measurements confirm the reported values for the majority of the monitored plants.
Don’t need to have played Sim City 2000 to see these data overlays as a problem.
Nice to be able to get objective measurements. Now let’s hope these get used to reduce the emissions at these plants.