Nature World News: Global carbon emissions are expected rise to a record high this year of 36 billion metric tons, according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project.
The rise represents a 2.1 percent increase in projected emissions and puts 2013 global emissions from burning fossil fuels at 61 percent above 1990 levels, the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol.
The projected rise in emissions clashes with the United Nations goal of keeping global temperatures from rising more than two degrees Celsius. ...