Man-made products – buildings, plastics – could be storing 8.4 bn tonnes of carbon, study estimates

NEW DELHI: About 8.4 billion tonnes of carbon is estimated to have been accumulated and stored in long-lasting products from around the world made by humans, such as plastics and buildings, between 1995 and 2019, according to a study.

Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands said this ‘fossil carbon’ added to the ‘technosphere’ — the sum of all human-made objects, both in use and discarded — equals around 93 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from around the world in 2019.

They added that the carbon locked up in the ‘technosphere’ has a huge potential to add to greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: PTI News

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