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wn.com - 15 hours ago

Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024: WMO

GENEVA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024, committing the planet to more long-term temperature increase, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Continued emissions of CO2 from human activities and an upsurge from wildfires were responsible, as well as reduced CO2 absorption by sinks such as land ecosystems and the ocean -- in what threatens to be a vicious climate cycle, said the WMO Greenhouse Gas...


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