The chart’s focus on comparably lower average CO2 levels in the Quaternary period overlooks the dramatic human-driven rise in the past 150 years, a key concern for climate scientists and ...

But there is also a lot of variation from year to year, which you can see in the chart above. How much carbon dioxide levels rise in a given year depends on two factors: the amount of fossil fuels ...

Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global ...

CO2 levels rise gradually, often allowing life to adapt. But today, CO2 levels are skyrocketing. The system is out of control. This is depicted in the graph below, created by Kristopher Karnauskas ...

Levels of planet-heating carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere are rising “faster than ever,” according to a report published Thursday. That spells serious disruption for the climate in decades ...

More carbon dioxide — released from cars, factories and power plants — was present in the atmosphere last year than ever before in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Temperatures are also falling, ‘not’ rising ... But Diamond said the graphs don't accurately represent the relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and global temperatures.

The scientists found that levels of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, are surging faster than ever and accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence.

A new report by the WMO shows that greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record in 2023. It states that the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere is faster than ever, rising by more than 11 per ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels ... patterns and sea levels. In 2024, global mean sea level was the highest since satellite records began in 1993. The rate of sea level rise from 2015-2024 ...

One key unknown is how the amount of available phosphorus might change as plants and soil microorganisms respond to rising levels of CO2. Crous and her colleagues collected six years of data on ...