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Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise

Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit climate change.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise.

NASA Earth Observatory chart by Michala Garrison, using data from Friedlingstein, Pierre, et al. (2023). Image and video by Andrew J. Christensen, Anansa Keaton-Ashanti, and Mark SubbaRao, courtesy of NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio and adapted for NASA Earth Observatory, using data from NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published March 5, 2024
Data acquired 2021