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Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate
The Associated Press ^ | June 5, 2023 | By SETH BORENSTEIN (D-AP)

Posted on 06/05/2023 8:38:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record, officials announced Monday.

Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now the highest they’ve been in more than 4 million years because of the burning of oil coal and gas. The last time the air had similar amounts was during a less hospitable hothouse Earth before human civilization took root, scientists said.

“To me as an atmospheric scientist, that trend is very concerning,” said NOAA greenhouse gas monitoring group leader Arlyn Andrews. “Not only is CO2 continuing to increase despite efforts to start reducing emissions, but it’s increasing faster than it was 10 or 20 years ago.”

Because of that “we are still dealing with CO2 in the atmosphere that was emitted in the early-to-mid 20th century,” University of Oklahoma meteorology professor Jason Furtado.

“We are absolutely at levels unseen in human civilization,” Furtado said. “Humans are running a massive experiment on the Earth climate system via burning carbon, and the results are turning out not great for a lot of people on this planet.”

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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

Why don’t these people ever publish the percent of CO2 present in the Earth’s atmosphere?


61 posted on 06/05/2023 10:51:11 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: PROCON

Yup, and the media and libs never reveal those facts.


62 posted on 06/05/2023 10:52:36 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

CO2 makes up approximately .04%, or 4/100th of 1 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere.


63 posted on 06/05/2023 10:58:21 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Chainmail

We do have increased in plant growth from the increased CO2, which is a great thing! It helps feed more people and animals.


64 posted on 06/05/2023 11:05:25 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear
According to our resident Communists, we are also losing rain forests by the double handfuls, even though we are awash in unwanted CO2..

Any guess on who's lying?

65 posted on 06/05/2023 11:30:06 AM PDT by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: Chainmail

Well with increased CO2 its possible to grow more plant matter on less land. I suppose its possible that the amount of land that they classify as “rain forest” (e.g. jungle) may be decreasing, but I have not looked into it so am not sure—but if so, having more CO2 will help mitigate the damage to animal and plant populations.


66 posted on 06/05/2023 11:37:07 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The bull roars louder, and the patties pile and stink in the light of day.
67 posted on 06/05/2023 12:27:46 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Signalman; All

.04%. Yup. I know that. You know that. The intellectually unwashed morons in this country are clueless. The Stupid Party, aka Republicans should know it, but if they did, they are too frigging dumb and lazy to educate the unwashed. >P>

With a few exceptions, it takes a special kind of stupid to be a politician. These jerks still use hand drawn‘70s flip charts.


68 posted on 06/05/2023 12:27:57 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Notice while it says CO2 is raising they don't claim the temperature is raising at accelerated rates.

CO2 is going up, temperature peaked in 2016 and has been going done.


69 posted on 06/05/2023 1:03:33 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All the lies, all the time...


70 posted on 06/05/2023 3:57:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dfwgator

What are electrolytes!?! Do you even know!?!


71 posted on 06/05/2023 4:33:19 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now the highest they’ve been in more than 4 million years...”

So this asswipe has concise, accurate scientific measurements going back 4 million years? Whatever the case, we are doing just fine.


72 posted on 06/16/2023 8:45:08 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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