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CO2 Levels Now in the Weather Reports

”Our Planet’s #PlanetCitizen David Attenborough… “Fifty years ago, we didn’t even realize what the problem was. Maybe thirty years ago we did recognize what the problem was but didn’t know much about it, thinking, ‘That’s way in the future’. Now we know that it’s right here ahead of us.””

“We don’t know a planet like this.”

Meteorologist Eric Holthaus reacts to news that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen in the entirety of human existence — not history, existence.”

415.26 on May 11, 2019

According to data from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now over 415 parts per million (ppm), far higher than at any point in the last 800,000 years, since before the evolution of homo sapiens.

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CO2 Reported April 19, 2019 @Mauna Loa

https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/index.html
https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/monthly.html

CO2 Levels Now in the Weather Reports, Yep