A number that's hard to imagine. But what you can imagine is that such an enormous quantity also means an enormous problem for the planet and its inhabitants. All that CO2 has been entering the atmosphere additionally since the mid-19th century, gradually throwing the natural carbon cycle out of balance. Because carbon dioxide is stubborn — it doesn't break down, it persists in our atmosphere for up to 1,000 years and accumulates there...
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