Posted on 06/07/2021 12:41:29 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.
And the average rate of increase is faster than ever, scientists reported Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average carbon dioxide level for May was 419.13 parts per million. That’s 1.82 parts per million higher than May 2020 and 50% higher than the stable pre-industrial levels of 280 parts per million, said NOAA climate scientist Pieter Tans.
Carbon dioxide levels peak every May just before plant life in the Northern Hemisphere blossoms, sucking some of that carbon out of the atmosphere and into flowers, leaves, seeds and stems. The reprieve is temporary, though, because emissions of carbon dioxide from burning coal, oil and natural gas for transportation and electricity far exceed what plants can take in, pushing greenhouse gas levels to new records.
“Reaching 50% higher carbon dioxide than preindustrial is really setting a new benchmark and not in a good way,” said Cornell University climate scientist Natalie Mahowald, who wasn’t part of the research. “If we want to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, we need to work much harder to cut carbon dioxide emissions and right away.”
Climate change does more than increase temperatures. It makes extreme weather — storms, wildfires, floods and droughts — worse and more frequent and causes oceans to rise and get more acidic, studies show. There are also health effects, including heat deaths and increased pollen. In 2015, countries signed the Paris agreement to try to keep climate change to below dangerous levels.
“The world is approaching the point where exceeding the Paris targets and entering a climate danger zone becomes almost inevitable,” said climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who wasn’t part of the research.
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So, it is up to 0.02%?
More carbon dioxide results in more oxygen from trees and other green plants.
Plant more trees and enjoy more oxygen!
Plants rejoice!
Unfortunately “the experts” and “scientists” have exhausted their credibility. Isn’t there some virus out there they should be enhancing?
Sssshhhh! You are not supposed to remind people of basic botany!
Ctrl-f China shows no matches in this Associated Press article.
Rd later.
Wonder what China’s output is? Penny wise, dollar foolish if United States is cutting our production while China continues unabated or increases their output. And the side benefit for China is they economy booms while ours strangles.
So, it is up to 0.02%?
They always fail to mention the dihydrogen monoxide concentrations average 2-4%.
That pre-industrial number is fake and they know it.
Prehistoric C)2 levels were many times higher during the periods of massive greening of the earth. And given the predominant type of vegetation which was conifers, the climate at the time was very temperate, not some overheated green house.
I think I’ll fire up the charcoal grill and make some cow for dinner tonight while my SUV idles the driveway.
That is not really true. CO2 levels have been much higher from time to time in pre-industrial eras.
“The world is approaching the point where exceeding the Paris targets...”
Thank You!
Show me the device used for the first measurement,
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average carbon dioxide level for May was 419.13 parts per million. That’s 1.82 parts per million higher than May 2020 and 50% higher than the stable pre-industrial levels of 280 parts per million, said NOAA climate scientist Pieter Tans.”
419 ppm is 0.0419%
280 is 0.028%
This is all bs.
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