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District Carbon Impact

This page contains two maps showing data about the amount of carbon emissions and uptake for each Indiana House and Senate district.

The color of each district represents whether the district emits or takes up more carbon. The greener the district, the more carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere. The redder the district, the more emissions exceed the uptake.

How the Carbon Cycle Works

Carbon is a natural element present in the atmosphere in different forms. The total amount of carbon in the atmosphere is the result of a balance between the amount of it released in the atmosphere by different processes (called sources) and absorbed from the atmosphere by other processes (called sinks). If the amount of carbon emitted by the sources is greater than the amount of carbon taken up by the sinks, the total amount of carbon in the atmosphere will increase. The opposite will happen if the sinks are greater than the sources.