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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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Plants worldwide celebrate the gift from Mother Earth!
Never give up the con.
It’s true! I’m looking outside right now and all the trees and grass are bright vibrant green and festooned with a filigree of flowers. So much CO2! So much life!
Pop open a bottle of seltzer and let it go flat, to help them along. We must all do our part, and beer is too precious to waste.
Remember that below 250 PPM photosynthesis nose dives and many plants die outright.
The reality is the planet before the industrial period was in a CO2 drought that could have been catastrophic for all animal life.
Might explain the 19th Century mini ice age. Was it in 1812?
In an enclosed music venue, carbon dioxide rates can easily exceed 1000 PPM. Submarines can exceed 2000 PPM.
CO2 not a scary monster.
Quick! Need more chemtrails! Stat!
Eat half-cooked beans to help replenish the methane.
Good to hear. This means more people are breathing.
The carbon dioxide levels we now have are a small fraction of what they were in the Pleistocene Era when the entire planet was green from pole to pole, life thrived.
These greenie ass hats are simply commie anti-capitalist whacko freaks.Their claim to fame is that they are double jointed and thus can actually stick their heads up their own asses.The vast majority of them are mentally ill, suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Yeah, you'd never expect to see an increase in CO2 on top of a volcano. /s
Isn’t CO2 a heavy gas even being absorbed by the ground?
For lack of a better word, it’s plant food. Plants will take in the extra CO2, grow bigger and faster and then give off more oxygen. Which in turn will reduce the CO2 levels. Climate alarmists need to look up the word “Homeostasis”.
CC
Particularly since Mauna Loa is very close to an active volcano that’s been spewing lava, plush ash and vog into the atmosphere for hundreds of years. It’s been extremely active of late as well.
...of course they won’t tell you which country (or countries) spew out 50% or more of the world’s Carbon Dioxide.
“Plants worldwide celebrate the gift from Mother Earth!”
Indeed, and we animals can celebrate because those boosted plants will give us more oxygen.
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