Global carbon pollution rises after three flat years
(World News Science)

Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn't go up at all, scientists reported on November 13. Preliminary figures project that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions are up about 2 percent this year, according to an international team of scientists. Most of the increase came from China. The report by the Global Carbon Project team dashed hopes that emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas had peaked....