Top 10 CO2 Emissions by Country

Watch the gradual and then dramatic increase in CO2 emissions in the last 170 years.

This bar chart race shows how gradually CO2 emissions rose in the 19th and early 20th century before cars, factories, jet planes, massive ships, and intensive agriculture pushed CO2 levels to over 400 ppm (parts per million). Pre-industrialization, CO2 levels had never risen above 300 ppm.

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