Far From Turning a Corner, Global CO2 Emissions Still Accelerating

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Date of Publication: May 19, 2016

Year of Publication: 2016

Publication City: Brooklyn, NY

Publisher: InsideClimate News

Author(s): Bob Berwyn

The latest greenhouse gas inventory from NOAA shows CO2 and methane ‘going completely in the wrong direction.’

 

Bob Berwyn reports on the concerning Spring 2016 Greenhouse Gas Index recently released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not just rising, it’s accelerating, and another potent greenhouse gas, methane showed a big spike last year, according to the latest annualĀ greenhouse gas index released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“This isn’t a model. These are precise and accurate measurements, and they tell us about how humans are changing the balance of heat in the Earth system,” said Jim Butler, director of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Division, in a statement. “We’re dialing up Earth’s thermostat in a way that will lock more heat into the ocean and atmosphere for thousands of years.”

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