ORLANDO, Fla. – Through ice core drilling in the Antarctic, scientists have been able to track the increase of carbon over the past 800,000 years.
In the last 100 years, the increase has been off the charts. Check out the graphic below. In the last 100 years, carbon dioxide has skyrocketed.
Over the course of time, we can track the level rise and then slowly fall. The pattern becomes alarming in the last century.
This visual display is referred to as “The Carbon Skyscraper.” The “Skyscraper” started to grow at the start of the Industrial Revolution.