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„About 80% of the excess carbon in the atmosphere has come from us burning fossil fuels, she points out. The rest comes from the destruction of carbon-storing ecosystems like wetlands and forests. “No matter which way you want to look at it, it’s the burning of coal, oil and gas that’s really cooking the planet“

About half of all of that planet-heating carbon accumulating in the atmosphere has been pumped out since 1990 – the year the very first IPCC report was released.
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