Global Carbon Emissions by Source


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Until around 1950, changes in land use as a result of agriculture and deforestation were the principal sources of carbon emissions from human activities. Since then, however, burning of fossil fuels accounts for most of the anthropogenic (human caused) carbon emissions, and such emissions continue to rise.

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