Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rate. Illustration showing the global rate of emissions of CO2 gas,visualised as a fountain of metric ton spheres of CO2 gas erupting from Central Park in New York City,New York,USA. Each sphere of CO2 gas is 10 metres in diameter (535 cubic metres). A metric ton (tonne) is 1000 kilograms. In 2012,over 39 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide was added to the atmosphere worldwide,1237 metric tons a second,or 1237 of these spheres being produced every second. One day of emissions would produce a pile of these spheres 3.7 kilometres high and 7.4 kilometres across. These figures are from 2012 | |
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