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20 million Jumbo Jets

Geologist, Alasdair Skelton, illustrates how much carbon we release to the atmosphere every year by comparing its weight to 20 million jumbo jets.

Each year we add four petagrams of carbon to the atmosphere. But what does that mean? Geologist, Alasdair Skelton, compares this weight of carbon to with the weight of 20 million Jumbo Jets.

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