Climate scientists know that the planet is warming, and dangerously, as a consequence of
ever higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere thanks to changes humans have made to the planet's atmospheric chemistry — and they know it can get worse.
Not exact matches
New figures from the
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center have found that
carbon emissions likely hit their
highest levels ever in 2010 (the numbers are partially preliminary estimates).
The cores show that modern
levels of
carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide
levels are the
highest they have
ever been.