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Global Carbon Emissions Are Seen Reaching Another Record in 2019

  • U.K. Met Office’s forecast has tracked actual emissions data
  • Deforestation cuts the planet’s ability to absorb pollution
A deforested section of the Amazon basin in Brazil.

A deforested section of the Amazon basin in Brazil.

Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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The amount of climate-damaging carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is likely to reach another record in 2019, driven by an increase in fossil fuel use and a decline in the area of the planet covered by forests, the British Met Office said.