Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever before, putting hopes of limiting warming in jeopardy. For more than 60 years, scientists at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii have ...

The monthly average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at Mauna Loa Observatory in March showed a record 12-month increase, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced Thursday that the amount of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues its steady increase, setting a new record in May. The NOAA Mauna ...

The average level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere had its largest one-year increase on record between 2023 and 2024. In 2024, the level reached 423.9 parts per million, an increase of 3.5 ...

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Growth rates of carbon dioxide have tripled since the 1960s, ...

Excess carbon dioxide emitted by human activities—such as fossil fuel burning, land-use changes, and deforestation—is known as anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Approximately thirty percent of this ...

Decades, national pollution averages masked the true scope of carbon dioxide emissions, hiding dangers from nearby factories, ...