"I’m used to mind-boggling numbers, and there are many of them in this report. Human beings have put about 1.6 trillion tons of carbon in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution — more than the weight of every living thing on Earth combined.
"The most surprising new finding in the Fifth National Climate Assessment is this: There has been genuine progress, too."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/climate-change-report-us.html