Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ new record

Sci Am ^ | 5/5/26 | Adam Kovac

[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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[quantim]

4/10’s of ONE percent...of CO2. The dumbing down of our population the last decades is something we can’t even wholeheartedly blame governments for, if anything it is likely poor education from say from 3rd grade on up until you die.

The international MSM and it’s incestual bond with governments keeps the hoax going, glad to see this scam starting to wither.

[Starstruck]

The neighbors get all upset when I try to save the earth by not mowing my yard.

[FlipWilson]

So the carbon dioxide is depressed? Is their psycho therapy for this functionally inert gas? Can anyone lend a hand to this? I am worried we might have to put it on some sort of watch.

[Elsie]

... what percentage should it be?

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Job 38:1-4

 

1 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. HE said:

 

2 “Who is this that obscures my plans
    with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.

 

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
    Tell me, if you understand.

 

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.  (HE asks a LOT of questions here...)

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Job 40:1-2

 

1 The Lord said to Job:

 

2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”

[Texas Eagle]

Amen.

[Elsie]

...thus increasing CO² even more!

[Eli Kopter]

They are so obvious. So they are about to lose their funding and publish ‘frightening’ data so they will receive funding? Another fundraiser.

[Elsie]

How 'bout them Lakers?

[Elsie]

Is their psycho therapy for this functionally inert gas?

What percentage of human rectal vapor is actually FIG?

[alexander_busek]

Even the Andromedan galaxy might be affected at 2,000,000,000 PPT!!!

No problem! We are nitrogen-based!

Regards,

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Climate scientist Zachary Labe of Climate Central, a nonprofit that researches climate change,

An activist who makes a living scaremongering about climate change and who works for a propaganda outfit gives a quote and this "reporter" publishes it as fact.

[roving]

This is good news for plants and food.

[Rlsau1]

Plant life takes in CO2 and gives off O2. Higher concentrations in the atmosphere are beneficial to plants and therefore beneficial to all life. Greening of the desert, etc. Imagine the good that could have been done cleaning up the environment instead of using the $trillions wasted on this scam.

[I got the rope]

You used to be able to see all the data and calibrations online. Not so much anymore. Hmmmm I wonder

[Frank Drebin]

Nonprofit...good one.

[Steven Tyler]

Just wow!!!

only 431 molecules of CO2 per 1,000,000 units of atmosphere
what an incredibly small number!

Imagine, a 50,000 seat sportsball arena.
Only 22 seats filled by those nasty CO2 types

[Vision]

I’m not depressed in the least. Quite the opposite.

[Steven Tyler]

I’m thinking mother nature pumps up the CO2 in the spring to give our plants a boost

[Bob434]

Because, you know, levels were never ever over ONE THOUSAND PPM! OH WAIT, YEAH THEY WERE, AND LIFE FLOURISHED!!!

[Bob434]

Doesnt take much to depress those dolts apparently. 431 is NOTHING.