Why in news?
- Scientists from Deep Carbon observatory released series of papers outlining how carbon is stored, emitted and reabsorbed by natural and man made processes.
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- Volcanoes which belch out gas are often considered a major climate change contributor to current warming rates.
- However in the published papers it was said that, man made emissions in 2018 was approx 37 giga tonnes, where as volcanoes annually emitted 0.3 to 0.4 giga tonnes.
- It also noted that modern man made emissions were the same magnitude as past carbon shocks that precipitated mass extinction.
Sources
The Hindu