The ImpEE Project: Improving Engineering Education

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Emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from human activities have increased since the Industrial Revolution, particularly since about 1950.The chief culprits are the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture.
These are areas in which engineers are involved, and can now start to make a difference.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in about 1700, approximately 600Gt of carbon have been emitted from fossil fuel burning.
Units are in gigatons of carbon per year: to calculate the amount of CO₂, multiply this by 3.7.

Source data :Marland, G., T.A. Boden, and R. J. Andres. 2006. Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions. In Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.

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