Data shows growth in atmospheric CO2 is much more than just fossil fuel emissions: 2024 increase in CO2 was 29.3 billion tons. But fossil fuel emissions only added 15.1 billion tons. Where did the other 14.2 billion tons (48%) of CO2 come from? Not fossil fuels

Latest data show (again) that the growth in atmospheric CO2 is much more than just fossil fuel emissions:

1. New NOAA data report that atmospheric CO2 increased by 3.75 parts per million in 2024. https://t.co/3Du8r9rEuH

2. Each ppm of CO2 weighs about 7.82 billion tons.

3. The… pic.twitter.com/SGF5GXflhO

— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) April 16, 2025