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Line chart of monthly atmospheric CO₂ at Mauna Loa from 1958 to 2026, rising with a seasonal saw-tooth pattern from about 315 to 429 parts per million.

Climate

Carbon dioxide keeps climbing

Monthly CO₂ in the atmosphere, measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii — the famous “Keeling Curve.” It has risen from about 315 parts per million in 1958 to around 430 today, climbing in every single decade.

Daniel OkaforAug 31, 2026

Warming stripes: 176 vertical stripes, one per year from 1850 to 2025, coloured from blue (cooler) to deep red (hotter) than the pre-industrial average. Recent decades are deep red; 2024 is the hottest year on record at about 1.5°C above pre-industrial.

Climate

175 years of a warming world

Each stripe is one year's global temperature from 1850 to 2025 — blue for cooler, red for hotter than the pre-industrial average. The ten hottest years on record have all come since 2015.

Chartive EditorialAug 30, 2026

Horizontal bar chart of CO₂ emissions per person in 2023: Saudi Arabia 20.4t, United States 14.3t (highlighted), Russia 11.9t, China 8.6t, Japan 7.9t, Germany 7.0t, United Kingdom 4.5t, Brazil 2.3t, India 2.1t, Nigeria 0.6t, with a world average of 4.7t.

Climate

Americans emit far more CO₂ per person than China or India

CO₂ emissions per person in 2023. China and India lead on total emissions, but per head the average American emits about seven times an Indian — and roughly 1.7 times someone in China.

Chartive EditorialAug 18, 2026