Global carbon dioxide emissions have seen meteoric rise since 1751

Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 16:10 in Earth & Climate

By 2017, world annual carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere had risen to a level exceeding 36 billion tons; a rise of 34 billion tons CO2 since 1900.1 Annual global contribution of CO2 in 1900 was 2 billion tons. Accumulated emissions of CO2 in the atmosphere have exceeded 1.5 trillion tons since 1751.1 (This according […]

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