Posted on 09/08/2014 7:17:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest rate since 1984.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that it highlights the need for a global climate treaty.
But the UK's energy secretary Ed Davey said that any such agreement might not contain legally binding emissions cuts, as has been previously envisaged.
The WMO's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin doesn't measure emissions from power station smokestacks but instead records how much of the warming gases remain in the atmosphere after the complex interactions that take place between the air, the land and the oceans.
About half of all emissions are taken up by the seas, trees and living things.
According to the bulletin, the globally averaged amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 396 parts per million (ppm) in 2013, an increase of almost 3ppm over the previous year.
"The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin shows that, far from falling, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere actually increased last year at the fastest rate for nearly 30 years," said Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the WMO.
Atmospheric CO2 is now at 142% of the levels in 1750, before the start of the industrial revolution.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I thought we already blew thru 400 ppm..
Models?
what can ya say?
Methinks a continued push to take us all back to the Dark
Ages in more ways than one is afoot.
These bozos need to lighten up. All of their credibility is gone. Kaput!
Sorry. Sometimes a guy just has to fart.
I know I did my part. I definitely exhaled more carbon dioxide in 2103 than I did in 1984.
I farted more. Does that count?
I’m pretty sure I remember that story as well. Would they report it if in one year, the CO2 went down 3 ppm? I’d think that net drought conditions would drive the level up a tad.
We must all become vegans.
“Greenhouse gas levels rising at fastest rate since 1984”
And it’s a darn good thing. Population is at it’s highest, requiring more ‘food’. The more CO2, the better the plants grow. The better the plants grow, the more food for the animals, which we eat, and for us.
It’s a win, win.
Funny how these articles never mention that 400 ppm is 0.04%. We’re not exactly smothering in the stuff. It’s a trace gas.
You, nor I, will be exhaling much in 2103.
These dummies just won't quit cryin "wolf!"
They just won't quit trying to yell "fire" in a crowded theater, either!!!
They just won't quit trying like the Devil to deceive the weak minded, either!!!
It’s not me, I swear to gaia! I have been holding my breath as long as possible.
WMO = Water Muddying Organization!!!
Wow! You have really bought into an "old" economy!!! (whew!)(grin)
“1750, before the start of the industrial revolution.”
1750 was near the start of the industrial revolution?
Have you ever considered what would happen if we did ?
Ugh, bad eyes and bad typing skills ...
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