PIXEL-ART CARBON OBSERVATORY // ATMOSPHERIC READOUTS // 2 AM ARCADE

CO2_NOW 421.6 PPM DELTA_2024 +2.81 PPM/YR
// SECTION_01 — DATA STREAM
CO2_PPM MON_01

ATMOSPHERIC
CARBON

421.6 PPM

Mauna Loa baseline, 1958–2025. Each pixel column = one year. The platformer terrain only goes up.

EMIT_GT MON_02

GLOBAL
EMISSIONS

Annual CO2 emissions by sector, in gigatonnes. Stacked like Tetris columns. Energy still wins the high score.

TEMP_ANOMALY MON_03

TEMPERATURE LEVEL MAP

+1.42 °C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL

Side-scrolling temperature anomaly, 1880–2025. Mind the spikes. The 1.5°C wall is just past the next cliff.

PIXEL_GLOBE MON_04

EARTH
SPRITE

64×64 spinning globe, 16-frame sprite. Cyan dots in orbit are CO2 ppm samples. Press to inspect a hemisphere.

PARTICLE_NET MON_05

CAPTURE
FIELD

Green particles drift downward — every dot is a tonne of CO2 sequestered. Scale not to scale.

−0.04 GT CAPTURED 2025
SECTOR_BREAKDOWN MON_06

SECTOR HIGH SCORES

  • ENERGY73%
  • INDUSTRY24%
  • AGRI18%
  • TRANSPORT16%
  • BUILDING9%
// SECTION_02 — CONTEXT WALL
FACTORY_SPRITE MON_07

EMISSION SOURCE

A pixel factory. Three chimneys exhaling gold-to-magenta particles. Press to slow the smoke.

LANDSCAPE MON_08

DEGRADING
BIOME

A side-scrolling biome that fades from forest to desert as you scroll past. Sixteen tiles, eight colors.

WIND_TURBINE MON_09

RENEW
SPRITE

Wind turbine, 4-frame rotation. Renewables are now the cheapest new generation in the high-score table.

PERIODIC_C MON_10

ELEMENT 06 // CARBON

06 C CARBON 12.011
BUDGET REMAINING

Periodic table entry styled as a boss-fight nameplate. The health bar below is the remaining 1.5°C carbon budget.

// SECTION_03 — TREND LINES
// SECTION_04 — ABOUT THIS ARCADE
README MON_15

WHY PIXELS?

tanso.bar treats carbon data the way early computer scientists treated computation — with wonder. Every pixel is a data point, every neon glow is signal, every scanline is the texture of a problem worth attending to. Not retro for nostalgia, but to make the numbers feel like they matter.

The masonry wall is the experience. Each monitor is a self-contained narrative. The grid is the level select.

CREDITS MON_16

CREDITS

  • DATANOAA / GMD
  • FONTSSilkscreen, VT323, Nunito
  • PALETTENEON-ELECTRIC
  • YEAR2026
END_OF_LINE MON_17

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> init carbon_observatory
> load atmospheric_readings
> render pixel_data
> spawn particles 32
> status: ONLINE
> press [ANY MONITOR] to begin
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