In a new research, scientists have determined that the world is on track to warm by a whopping 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century.

According to a report in New Scientist, the estimate was made by the Global Carbon Project, a group of 31 scientists from 7 countries led by Corinne Le Quere at the University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey, who used satellite and national inventory data to track emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).u00a0