alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCarbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says studywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down10
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkCarbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says studywww.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·edit-210 months ago 370m tonnes of planet-heating carbon dioxide a year Just to put this into perspective, the global release is 37.5 billion. Doesn’t mean this isn’t an issue but i think there are far better avenues to explore to reduce emissions. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·10 months agoFor anyone wondering the difference between 370 million tonnes and 37.5 billion tonnes, it’s about 37.5 billion tonnes.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months ago370 million is 0.37 billion, so the difference is about 37.13 billion. 370 million tons of carbon from a single source is a considerable amount.
Just to put this into perspective, the global release is 37.5 billion. Doesn’t mean this isn’t an issue but i think there are far better avenues to explore to reduce emissions.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
For anyone wondering the difference between 370 million tonnes and 37.5 billion tonnes, it’s about 37.5 billion tonnes.
370 million is 0.37 billion, so the difference is about 37.13 billion.
370 million tons of carbon from a single source is a considerable amount.
37.1 billion, but yeah