Climate Change:

Rising Carbon Doxide Emissions Push Greenhouse Gases to Record High (BBC News)

CO2 concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere increasing at their fastest rate for 30 years, meteorologists warn

Surging carbon dioxide levels have pushed greenhouse gases to record highs in the atmosphere, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide, the major cause of global warming, increased at their fastest rate for 30 years in 2013, despite warnings from the world’s scientists of the need to cut emissions to halt temperature rises.

Experts warned that the world was “running out of time” to reverse rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) to tackle climate change.

Geothermal plants emit about 5% of the carbon dioxide emitted by a coal-fired plant of equal size.

• Coal-fired power plants - 2200 lbs CO2/MWh
• Natural gas power plants - 861 lbs CO2/MWh
• Geothermal systems ≈197 lbs CO2/MWh

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