Modeling the Atmospheric Rise of Carbon Dioxide

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An article on recent trends in atmospheric carbon dioxide, complete with interactive visualizations and scroll-based animations. In addition to a straightforward line chart, the data is presented on a polar plot, which isolates long-term trends from seasonal fluctuations.

Visualization of carbon dioxide data with green trend line moving upward
Visualization of carbon dioxide data with green squiggly trend line fitted to seasonal variations
Polar plot of carbon dioxide data with a single circle corresponding to a year of data
Polar plot of carbon dioxide data highlighting the skew caused by seasonal variations