2024 warmest in 175 years, global CO2 concentration highest in 0.8mn years : WMO report
Anthropogenic activities alone have pushed upto 79 per cent increase in CO2 concentration over the past decade, the report highlighted
Anthropogenic activities alone have pushed upto 79 per cent increase in CO2 concentration over the past decade. The concentration of atmospheric carbon-di-oxide recorded in 2023 was 420 parts per million (ppm), taking it to the highest levels in 8 lakh years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
” In 2023, the concentration of CO2 increased by 2.8ppm — the fourth largest within a year since modern measurements started in the 1950s. Other two greenhouse gases, too, touched record highs in 2023. Methane concentration reached 934ppm and nitrous oxide touched 336.9ppm. Real time data of all these three gases showed an increasing trend in 2024,” the WMO’s State of Global Climate 2024 report prepared on the basis of a global data network (1984 – 2023), stated.
Anthropogenic activities alone have pushed upto 79 per cent increase in CO2 concentration over the past decade, the report highlighted. During 2014 0 2023, nearly 48 per cent of the total emissions from anthropogenic activities remain trapped within the atmosphere, driving up the atmospheric concentration. Ocean carbon sink and the land carbon sink accounted for 26 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively.
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