This image of our planet is the closest we get to a real-time view of how carbon dioxide builds up in our atmosphere. Jan. 1 CO2 emitted by: Fossil fuels Fire Land Ocean Loading data ...

Our planet is surrounded by an invisible shell of air, called the atmosphere, held in place by the Earth’s gravitational field. It’s made up of a mixture of different gases. About 78% of the ...

Estimates show that by burning these fossil fuels, humans have essentially taken millions of years of carbon uptake by plants and returned it to the atmosphere in less than 300 years. Natural sinks of ...

A coal fired power station like this one in Poland are major sources of CO2 The build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the pandemic, according to the ...