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C02 Concentrations are the Highest in 3 Million Years

by Richard Matthews
April 30, 2013
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For the first time in 3 million years, carbon dioxide (C02) concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (PPM). In April 2013, levels of atmospheric CO2 at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit more than 400 PPM. Levels of 400 PPM have also been recorded in the Arctic.

Many leading environmentalists, including Bill McKibben have indicated that the safe upper limit is 350 PPM others suggest the limit could be as high as 450 PPM. At the current rate it appears likely we will surpass 450 PPM of carbon dioxide (CO2) which will result in catastrophic global temperature increases of around 5 degrees.

Levels of GHGs have been rising steadily. In 1958 Carbon dioxide levels were at 317 PPM, in slightly more than 50 years we have seen this number rise by 83 PPM.

To understand the implications of this rise in CO2 we need only look at the state of the world 3 million years ago. During the Pliocene era levels of CO2 were around 400 PPM; temperatures were around 4 degrees hotter than they are today and sea levels were between five and 40 metres higher than today.

The rise in greenhouse gases (GHGs) like CO2 is a function of human activity such as burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests.  One of the most troubling aspects of the rise in CO2 is the fact that it appears to be accelerating.

© 2013, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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