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The rapid increment in the anthropogenic activities has enhanced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and has given birth to pressing environmental issues worldwide. CO2 imparts a significant role in global warming that leads to global climate change. The increased dependency on fossil fuels, in the form of coal, oil and natural gas, has raised the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere from 280 ppm to 413 ppm. In the past decade, the CO2 emissions were taking place at the rate of 2 ppm/year and has led several risks to human life including glacier melting, floods, heat waves, droughts, cyclones, hurricanes, and food security issues. Countries like China, United States, India, Russia, Japan, Korea, Germany, Iran, Canada, United Kingdom, and others contribute the lion’s share in global CO2 emissions.
Burning of fossil fuels adds around 6.5 billion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere every year. In addition, ever growing population has exacerbated the deforestation activities, hence enhancing the CO2 emissions. The population increased from around 1.65 billion in 1900 to nearly 7.4 billion in 2015. Overpopulation accelerate natural resources exploitation resulting in the utilization of fossil fuels at an alarming rate. Natural processes like forest fires and volcanic eruptions are also contributing to global CO2 emissions. Consequently, the climatic shift induced extreme weather events have posed massive damages to planet earth and gravely affected the human life and biodiversity. Since 1960 the extent of weather-related natural disasters increased three times. These disasters have caused more than 60,000 deaths worldwide mainly affecting the developing countries. This chapter aims to pen down the major sources of CO2 emissions and their environmental issues.
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Anwar, M.N. et al. (2019). Sources of Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Issues. In: Inamuddin, Asiri, A., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 37. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29298-0_2
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