Scripps Institution of Oceanography: CO2 in atmosphere reaches record-breaking level

[Mustang]

People better wake up and start listening to real scientists and climatologists instead of being swayed by:

A. the people who have a direct economic interest in continuing to exploit fossil fuels as if there were no problem at all and

B. the political forces that are in the hip pocket of the mulit-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry.

You personally might not have much to worry about in the relatively short term, but your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren may very well come to resent the fact that you were so blinded by partisanship that you wouldn't allow yourself to look at the science because you were automatically predisposed to dismiss it as some kind of a conspiracy.

An alarming new report from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows a record-breaking amount of CO2 in our atmosphere.

According to NBC, the new tests show the level of carbon dioxide, a green house gas considered most responsible for global warming, in our atmosphere is now at its highest in human history.

A little more than six decades ago, it was measured at about 300 parts per million. In April 2014, the gas measured in at more than 400 parts per million each day, according to USA Today. The outlet says scientists have been recording CO2 levels since the late 1950s along a graph called the Keeling Curve.

Scientists tweeted out the news via the Keeling Curve's account, noting the average CO2 level measured in at 401.33 parts per million.

More troubling - researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, say much of the rise in carbon dioxide has come about in the past 100 years.

"Humans have caused carbon dioxide concentrations to rise 120 ppm since pre-industrial times, with over 90 percent of that in the past century alone."

But it doesn't stop there. James Butler, director of NOAA's Global Monitoring Division, says not only has the concentration itself increased, but the rate of increase has, too.

"The rate of increase has accelerated from about 0.7 ppm per year in the late 1950s to 2.1 ppm per year during the last decade."

So not only are we reaching higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but according to NASA, the process is also getting faster each year.

A writer for Slate spoke with Ralph Keeling, keeper of the Keeling Curve. Keeling says this new milestone is troubling and we must reduce fossil fuel burning.

"It's clear if we keep on the same course we're heading for a very different world. That carries with it lots of risks. If the climate changes fast enough, those risks are compounded."

AOL.com Article - CO2 levels in atmosphere reach record-breaking level

 

[jc456]

People better wake up and start listening to real scientists and climatologists instead of being swayed by:

A. the people who have a direct economic interest in continuing to exploit fossil fuels as if there were no problem at all and

B. the political forces that are in the hip pocket of the mulit-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry.

You personally might not have much to worry about in the relatively short term, but your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren may very well come to resent the fact that you were so blinded by partisanship that you wouldn't allow yourself to look at the science because you were automatically predisposed to dismiss it as some kind of a conspiracy.

An alarming new report from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows a record-breaking amount of CO2 in our atmosphere.

According to NBC, the new tests show the level of carbon dioxide, a green house gas considered most responsible for global warming, in our atmosphere is now at its highest in human history.

A little more than six decades ago, it was measured at about 300 parts per million. In April 2014, the gas measured in at more than 400 parts per million each day, according to USA Today. The outlet says scientists have been recording CO2 levels since the late 1950s along a graph called the Keeling Curve.

Scientists tweeted out the news via the Keeling Curve's account, noting the average CO2 level measured in at 401.33 parts per million.

More troubling - researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, say much of the rise in carbon dioxide has come about in the past 100 years.

"Humans have caused carbon dioxide concentrations to rise 120 ppm since pre-industrial times, with over 90 percent of that in the past century alone."

But it doesn't stop there. James Butler, director of NOAA's Global Monitoring Division, says not only has the concentration itself increased, but the rate of increase has, too.

"The rate of increase has accelerated from about 0.7 ppm per year in the late 1950s to 2.1 ppm per year during the last decade."

So not only are we reaching higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but according to NASA, the process is also getting faster each year.

A writer for Slate spoke with Ralph Keeling, keeper of the Keeling Curve. Keeling says this new milestone is troubling and we must reduce fossil fuel burning.

"It's clear if we keep on the same course we're heading for a very different world. That carries with it lots of risks. If the climate changes fast enough, those risks are compounded."

AOL.com Article - CO2 levels in atmosphere reach record-breaking level

So what does that mean?

 

[ScienceRocks]

We had our first week of 402ppm last week with a day over 403!

We should remain over 400ppm until late June and then again by Nov.

 

[Mustang]

People better wake up and start listening to real scientists and climatologists instead of being swayed by:

A. the people who have a direct economic interest in continuing to exploit fossil fuels as if there were no problem at all and

B. the political forces that are in the hip pocket of the mulit-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry.

You personally might not have much to worry about in the relatively short term, but your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren may very well come to resent the fact that you were so blinded by partisanship that you wouldn't allow yourself to look at the science because you were automatically predisposed to dismiss it as some kind of a conspiracy.

An alarming new report from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows a record-breaking amount of CO2 in our atmosphere.

According to NBC, the new tests show the level of carbon dioxide, a green house gas considered most responsible for global warming, in our atmosphere is now at its highest in human history.

A little more than six decades ago, it was measured at about 300 parts per million. In April 2014, the gas measured in at more than 400 parts per million each day, according to USA Today. The outlet says scientists have been recording CO2 levels since the late 1950s along a graph called the Keeling Curve.

Scientists tweeted out the news via the Keeling Curve's account, noting the average CO2 level measured in at 401.33 parts per million.

More troubling - researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, say much of the rise in carbon dioxide has come about in the past 100 years.

"Humans have caused carbon dioxide concentrations to rise 120 ppm since pre-industrial times, with over 90 percent of that in the past century alone."

But it doesn't stop there. James Butler, director of NOAA's Global Monitoring Division, says not only has the concentration itself increased, but the rate of increase has, too.

"The rate of increase has accelerated from about 0.7 ppm per year in the late 1950s to 2.1 ppm per year during the last decade."

So not only are we reaching higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but according to NASA, the process is also getting faster each year.

A writer for Slate spoke with Ralph Keeling, keeper of the Keeling Curve. Keeling says this new milestone is troubling and we must reduce fossil fuel burning.

"It's clear if we keep on the same course we're heading for a very different world. That carries with it lots of risks. If the climate changes fast enough, those risks are compounded."

AOL.com Article - CO2 levels in atmosphere reach record-breaking level

So what does that mean?

It means that we are in the process of cooking our own goose, metaphorically speaking.

While conservatives are right when they say that climate change has been going on for millions of year (scientists don't deny that), over geologic time, it's so slow that it was possible for plants and animals to adapt to changes or migrate to more hospitable areas over a longer time frame.

What humans are doing over the last few decades is laying the early groundwork for changing the environment faster than plants and animals can adapt to those changes. In the short term, that's not necessarily a big deal for people because we can and do create artificial environments for ourselves. But it's also true that we rely on food (plants and animals) which won't fare that well in a hotter world. That begs the question of what will happen to us if food production starts to fall due to declining harvests and decreasing areas of consistent food production. And since even the largest animals in the world are dependent on the smallest forms of life in the food chain, this is not just an academic argument.

Ultimately, all temperature increases will go into the ocean. If we start to kill off the ocean life due to increased temperatures and higher acidity, we likely won't be able to reverse the trend no matter what we do. That means that the climate will continue to heat up and the land will continue to see increasing desertification like what's been happening in Africa in the last few decades with the Sahara Desert encroaching on the more arable land in the south.

 

[elektra]

more bullshit, where is the study?

we link to aol?

why no link to scripps and their study?

 

[Mustang]

News - Carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa reaches worrying new levels - The Weather Network

 

[SSDD]

humans have only been here making CO2 for a short while....the normal level for CO2 in the atmosphere here on earth...when not coming out of an ice age is well over 1000ppm. The atmosphere of the earth is positively starved for CO2 if one takes time to actually look at the history of the earth. At the time when the earth started cooling down into the ice age that it is currently coming out of, the atmospheric CO2 was at, or slightly over 1000ppm. 400ppm is hardly a cause for concern...unless you wonder why it is so low even with our meager contribution.

 

[SSDD]

News - Carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa reaches worrying new levels - The Weather Network

Worrying to who?....people who have no idea of what the historic CO2 levels in the atmosphere have been?.....or people who stand to make billions and gain unheard of power if the hoax can be perpetuated out to its bitter end?

 

[elektra]

News - Carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa reaches worrying new levels - The Weather Network

that is a press release at best, not the study. Seems like if something comes from noaa you would want to at least get as close to the source as possible.

 

[elektra]

Somehow though two different organizations get two different numbers, I say the Scripps number is the correct number, and most likely that number is exaggerated but with the government agencies withholding the actual data there is no way to know.

Special note on May 9, 2013 reading | - The Keeling Curve

The Keeling Curve
A DAILY RECORD OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE FROM SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY AT UC SAN DIEGO

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Measurement Notes Posted on May 10, 2013 — 12 Comments ↓
May 10 Comment:
NOAA has reported 400.03 for May 9, 2013, while Scripps has reported 399.73. The difference partly reflects different reporting periods. NOAA uses UTC, whereas Scripps uses local time in Hawaii to define the 24-hr reporting period. If Scripps were to use same reporting period as NOAA, we would report 400.08 for May 9.