Carbon Emissions

Carbon emissions are emissions of carbon dioxide - a greenhouse gas - which contribute to global warming through the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, while water vapour is the first. Carbon dioxide causes 9-26% of the greenhouse effect.

The greenhouse effect regulates the temperature of the Earth, allowing the atmosphere to be warm enough to be habitable by absorbing long-wave radiant energy from the Earth’s surface. Greenhouse gases also emit warming long-wave radiation into space and down to Earth. This is what is known as the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide come from natural sources, as well as from human activity. Ozone depletion does not play a large role in global warming.

Carbon Emissions and Industry

The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation has caused carbon emissions to rise greatly in the past century. Measurements from Antarctic ice cores show that just before industrial emissions started 200 years ago, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were about 280 parts per million by volume (ppm). These levels were relatively static throughout the preceding 10,000 years. Today, the concentration of carbon dioxide has risen to around 380ppm, with half of the increase having occurred since 1973.

dcarbon8 – Our Mission

dcarbon8 is contributing to efforts to abate global increase in carbon emissions by advising businesses and individuals how to avoid emissions and offset them. In a world where global warming is a reality, the move to a low-carbon economy is imminent. Businesses and individuals demand that carbon cutting result in cost-savings as well as efficiency gains, and dcarbon8 assists them in achieving these goals in the transition.