Climate Crisis

CO2 emissions still rising despite a temporary pandemic slowdown

by JoAnna Wendel
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As the human world all but ground to a halt in the latter half of 2020, scientists reported that global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 8 percent.

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Some wondered: Did the pandemic have a silver lining in reducing our overall CO2 emissions, the leading cause of the current climate crisis?

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