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A 2009 report by WWF and the Co-Operative Bank concludes that if production continues at this rapid pace around 87 billion barrels of tar sands oil will be mined, burned and ultimately released into the atmosphere as more than 50 gigatons of CO2 by 2050.

Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010

A 2009 report by WWF and the Co-Operative Bank concludes that if production continues at this rapid pace around 87 billion barrels of tar sands oil will be mined, burned and ultimately released into the atmosphere as more than 50 gigatons of CO2 by 2050.

Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010

The International Energy Agency projects that China is on course for a 70 percent increase in emissions to 12 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2030.

Wonk Room » Stern On China: Transparency Is ‘Highly Important’ 2009

The annual mass loss increased by 200 gigatons in a decade.

Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Doubt Erik Rasmussen 2011

It said the yearly mass loss from Greenland's ice sheet, which covers an area the size of Mexico, increased from 50 gigatons in 1995-2000 to more than 200 gigatons in 2004-2008.

Arctic melting faster, could raise sea 5 feet by 2100 2011

If we spew 565 gigatons more carbon into the atmosphere, we’ll quite possibly go right past that reddest of red lines.

Bill McKibben: The Great Carbon Bubble Bill McKibben 2012

To take just one example, last month the boss of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Donohue, called for burning all the country’s newly discovered coal, gas, and oil -- believed to be 1,800 gigatons worth of carbon from our nation alone.

Bill McKibben: The Great Carbon Bubble Bill McKibben 2012

It will cost between $17.2 to $33 billion to protect the forests and cut emissions by 2.7 gigatons of carbon dioxide a year.

Kiyotaka Akasaka: Natural Value at Bargain Prices Kiyotaka Akasaka 2010

But the oil companies, private and state-owned, have current reserves on the books equivalent to 2,795 gigatons -- five times more than we can ever safely burn.

Bill McKibben: The Great Carbon Bubble Bill McKibben 2012

The annual mass loss increased by 200 gigatons in a decade.

Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Doubt Erik Rasmussen 2011