Carbon Emissions in the Industrial Age

Figure 33.3

Texas Tech University
Katharine Hayhoe

This figure appears in chapter 33 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/appendices/climate-science-supplement/graphics/carbon-emissions-industrial-age

Global carbon emissions from burning coal, oil, and gas and producing cement (1850-2009). These emissions account for about 80% of the total emissions of carbon from human activities, with land-use changes (like cutting down forests) accounting for the other 20% in recent decades (Data from Boden et al. 20128d4bc0a5-a600-446c-aca9-92467114bd9d).

When citing this figure, please reference Boden et al. 20128d4bc0a5-a600-446c-aca9-92467114bd9d.

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This figure was created on October 28, 2013.

References :

• dataset Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2009 (8d4bc0a5)

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