Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Far out in the Pacific ocean located on the Hawaiian island of Mauna Loa is the Mauna Loa Observatory. That’s it pictured above. Since 1958 daily measurements of the CO2 within our atmosphere has been carefully collected from there. It was setup and run by scientist Charles Keeling, and has been in continuous daily operation. The … Read more
In a rapidly warming world, politicians pay lip service to addressing climate change. Meanwhile CO2 levels continue to climb ever upwards
The daily measurements of CO2 reveals that we have hit yet another new high. The COVID-19 shutdown has not had a measurable impact.
Atmospheric CO2 has reached a monthly peak exceeding 417 parts per million (ppm) in May 2020, the highest monthly total ever recorded.
The amount of CO2 within our admosphere has breached the 415 ppm limit for the very first time in human history. It has never been this high.
April 2018 is a notable but almost unnoticed moment in recorded human history. The average amount of CO2 in our atmosphere exceeded 410 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. Breath deeply, because you are breathing a unique mixture that no human ancestor ever experienced. “So what“, you might exclaim, “We have a … Read more