Despite Economy In The West, Global CO2 Emissions Rise In 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 08:20
in Earth & Climate
Climatology might replace economics as the 'gloomy science'. Projections that the lousy economy might mean a slowdown in fossil fuels were cause for joy among activists, without realizing that people without jobs or food or houses aren't as concerned about abstract things like the future of the planet. Whether or not global warming is a fashionable media topic in 2010, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main contributor to man-made global warming, show no sign of lessening and could still reach a new record this year, according to a study that is part of the annual carbon budget update by the Global Carbon Project. read more