The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		(1.9 ± 0.1) × 10¹³ kg CO₂ / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... (5.1 ± 0.2) × 10¹² kg C / yr 19 ± 1 Pg CO₂ / yr 5.1 ± 0.2 Pg C / yr
HuID:		98043
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		The increase in carbon dioxide (CO₂) mass in the atmosphere on an annual basis. The value reported is for 2018, and can be found in Table 6 of Friedlingstein et al (2019).
Method:		The uncertainty value represents one standard deviation. Atmospheric CO₂ concentration is measured directly and its growth rate is computed from the annual changes in concentration.
Source:		Friedlingstein, P., Jones, M. W., O'Sullivan, M. et al. Global Carbon Budget 2019. Earth System Science Data (2019)
Dataset:		Global carbon budget by year (global_carbon_budget_processed.csv) global resolution
Trend:
Original Data License:		CC-BY 4.0
Added By:		nsarai