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Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation have increased the amount of COs in the atmosphere at a rapid rate and caused the Earth's average global surface temperature to rise. Warming temperatures have melted the Arctic tundra’s permafrost to release CO2 instead of absorbing it. Also, the Amazon rainforest is absorbing less CO2 as they are hit by drought and wildfires in addition to deforestation by humans. As a result, the planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere rose faster than ever, and the global temperature rose over 1.5C above pre-industrial levels last year. Even with the effects of the natural El Niño phenomenon, where surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, the rise of CO2 by fossil fuel burning and deforestation are outpacing other efforts to curb global warming. Although it is now more than evident that CO2 and temperatures are increasing faster than the Paris COP21 agreement, the 10-year-old pledge to limit the global temperature rise below 2C, humans aren’t acting fast enough to reverse or catch up with the trend.
Read the article and learn about another record of climate change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30dn5dn53jo
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