Carbon Pollution Touched 800,000 Year Record in 2016, WMO Says
- El Nino and energy consumption pushed up concentrations in air
- Report will feed debate at annual UN global warming talks
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Carbon dioxide levels surged to their highest level in at least 800,000 years because of pollution caused by humans and a strong El Nino event, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Concentrations of the greenhouse gas increased at a record speed in 2016 to reach an average of 403.3 parts per million, up from 400 parts per million a year earlier, the WMO said in a statement on Monday warning of “severe ecological and economic disruptions.”