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Global Warming: Pine Island loses 58 billion tons of ice every year by Doyle Rice, World, USA Today, Feb 13, 2020
CLAIM: "Less than 5% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by man [... they] can’t cause 30% of today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide"
SOURCE: A Short List Of Facts Global Warming Alarmists Don’t Want To Face, Opinion by Editorial Board, Issues & Insights, Aug 26, 2019
VERDICT: 
KEY TAKE AWAY: Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas released by natural processes as well as by human activities. The rapid rise in carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels beginning during the Industrial Revolution upset the natural balance in the global carbon cycle. Human-caused carbon emissions outpaced the ability of natural carbon sinks to absorb excess carbon dioxide, resulting in a rise in atmospheric concentrations from 280 to about 415 parts per million in 2020.
CO2 emissions from human activities have imbalanced the atmospheric carbon budget, significantly contributing to climate change, contrary to online claim, Edited by Katrin Kleemann, Climate Feedback, Feb 11, 2020
Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 16 February, 2020
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