carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide levels

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Concentrations of CO2 in parts per million399406413420

causes

  • Construction and manufacturing industry to build real estate and produce iron, plastics, clothes, and others.
  • Food production. Deforestation and land clearing for agriculture and grazing. Livestock digestion.
  • Cutting down forests: as trees are cut they release the carbon they have been storing. Less trees also means less carbon dioxide absortion that ends up in the atmosphere.
  • Transportation as they mostly run on fossil fuels.

effects

  • Health threat from air pollution.
  • It contributes to thicken the layer of gases that blankets the Earth and traps the sun's heat.

what you can do

  • Consume energy from clean sources like airwind turbines and solar panels.
  • Reduce consumption of transport, clothing, electronics, heating and cooling.
  • Reduce food waste.