Gapminder

Today was my first class of Environmental Development and I am in love with my prof. He showed us this website today that I will be exploring all weekend long. We looked at the Gapminder World charts in class. You can play around with it to see the emissions specific nations have been putting out over the years as well as see how wealthy they have become and the direct correlation of the two in most cases. Now here is where the egg and chicken comes in for me. Which comes first? Do economies gain wealth by creating emissions or do they put out emissions because they are wealthy? Either way this website is interactive and eye-opening.