The increase in carbon dioxide rate in 2016 is 50 percent more than the average increase seen in the last 10 years.
The World Meteorological Organization, in its report, announced that the rate of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a record level in 2016. According to the findings, the increase in carbon dioxide rate last year is 50 percent more than the average increase seen in the last 10 years.
The researchers found that anthropogenic emissions and the effects of El Niño on the climate caused carbon dioxide to reach a level not seen in 800,000 years.
The greenhouse gas report published this year explains the proportion of gases that cause climate change, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in the atmosphere made in 51 countries. The figures in the report show the amount of greenhouse gases remaining in the atmosphere after the amount is absorbed by the oceans and biosphere layer, also known as the 'planetary sinks'.
In the previous report published, it was noted that there was an average of 400 ppm (parts per million) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2015, and that this level of carbon dioxide may not fall below 400 parts per million for generations, and that the current level was the highest level observed since 1984. This year, this rate was announced as 403.3 ppm. The rate that scientists consider safe is 350 ppm.
The World Meteorological Organization states that the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the last 70 years is 100 times higher than the rate at the end of the Ice Age, and calls on humanity to stop using fossil fuels immediately and implement the provisions of the Paris Agreement.
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