Carbon dioxide emissions surged to record levels in 2023, with fossil fuel combustion and deforestation pushing total emissions to 40.9 billion metric tons, threatening global climate goals.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose again in 2023, reaching record levels, according to estimates from an international team of scientists. The continued rise in emissions from the burning of oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit global warming, the scientists said..
The visualizations above shows the flow of carbon dioxide into, around, and out of Earth’s atmosphere over the course of 2021 . They rely on NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System , a modeling and data assimilation system used for studying the Earth’s weather and climate. To depict where carbon is being emitted or taken up,The carbon dioxide shown in the visualizations comes from four major sources: fossil fuels , burning biomass , land ecosystems , and the ocean .