CO2 'rising three times faster than expected'

This can't be good. It seems more and more stories are coming out which indicate climate change is accelerating. Ice is melting into the sea much faster than expected for instance. And scientist say climate change is accelerating evolution. Add to that the fact the world's sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate.

It all points to the possibility we've reached or are about to reach the "tipping point", or point of no return, on climate change.

Global emissions of carbon dioxide are increasing three times faster than scientists previously thought, with the bulk of the rise coming from developing countries, an authoritative study has found.

The increase in emissions of the gases responsible for global warming suggests that the effects of climate change to come in this century could be even worse than United Nations scientists have predicted.

The report, by leading universities and institutes on both sides of the Atlantic, will create renewed pressure on G8 leaders who are meeting this week in Heiligendamm, on Germany's Baltic coast.

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