Fossil Carbon Accumulates in the Air
CO2 increase in the atmosphere accounts for 58% of all fossil CO2 emissions
Changes in the industrial
age are large on a
geological scale
+4
350
Text Box: Temperature Changes (ēC)
+2
300
 0
-2
250
-4
-6
200
-8
Anthropogenic increase of
carbon dioxide is well
documented for this century.
150
-10
 Age (years)