Posted on 05/06/2026 3:59:06 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts
The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out of a million total molecules, or ppm.
Climate scientist Zachary Labe of Climate Central, a nonprofit that researches climate change, says the new record is “depressing” but not unexpected.
“It’s just another sign that carbon dioxide continues to increase in our atmosphere as our planet continues to warm,” he says. “For many climate scientists, this is just ‘here it is again, another record in the wrong direction.’”
Labe explains that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere tends to peak in April each year as decaying plants release greenhouse gases after winter. Some of that CO2 gets reabsorbed by plants as they grow during the warmer months. But NOAA’s data show a worrying trend, with the average monthly amount of CO2 steadily increasing.
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“If only they realized over the last 9,000 years the temperature of the Earth has been declining while CO2 has been going up! LOL!”
Oh, nose! Another ice age is coming! All the fault of greedy capitalists and CO2, of course;-E) Run for your lives!
For what we earthlings cannot control, there is God, who can control it. The difference is that HE does it for free while mankinkind cannot yet tries to make money off the effort.
Where is the OH NOs guy?
I got hit everywhere BUT my foot!!
Before or after Gramma?
I think there is an awful lot that even God chooses not to control. The systems run well under “automatic” mode.
Is that celsius or farhenheit?
F
Greater levels of atmospheric CO2 is a good thing for two reasons. It promotes the biosphere with growth because CO2 is a plant nutrient. It also postpones the next ice age, and this inter-glacial period is about over as shown by the length of past ice ages versus inter-glacial periods.
It did climb up to 79F now. That was a cool morning, for sure.
After Grannie got eaten by a ‘gator and couldn’t gather it any more, she needed all the poke salad she could pick.
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