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Thursday, November 28, 2019

"Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Highest Recorded Levels in Human History"

Well fuck:
Greenhouse gas concentrations continued to rise in 2018, with carbon dioxide levels hitting an all-time high of 407.8 parts per million, according to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Monday. 
The grim assessment comes just days before the UN Climate Change conference begins on Dec. 2, highlighting the increasing levels of three greenhouse gases contributing to global heating as a result of human activities. The last time the Earth had comparable concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was approximately 3 million years ago, when the temperature was approximately 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer and sea levels were up to 20 meters (65 feet) higher. 
"There is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline, in greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change," said Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the WMO, in a press release. The report details concentrations of three greenhouse gases known to greatly contribute to global heating: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. These gases can remain in the atmosphere for long periods of time, trapping heat. The higher the concentration, the more heat they can trap. Of the measured gases, CO2 contributes the most to heating and is also absorbed by the oceans, lowering their pH and wreaking havoc on marine life.

There are several key 3's here: three greenhouse gases,  3 million years, 3 degrees.

So a subtle 33 imprint but more importantly, these numbers highlight the dramatic need for a massive effort to reign in carbon emissions if we are to avoid truly catastrophic global warming and ecocide.

3 Comments:

Blogger the mighty wak said...

CO2 levels highest ever!

here is a thought; tell the mother fuckers in the amazon to quit cutting down the rain forest and the other mother fuckers to quit killing all of the sea weed in the oceans.
freakin problem solved right there.

5:37 PM  
Blogger the mighty wak said...

by the way, regarding sea levels;
notice the foundation of the ancient Sphinx in egypt - it has noticeable water level lines where the level of the ancient oceans was obviously much higher than today.

5:42 PM  
Blogger the mighty wak said...

it might be a good thing for humanity if the ice covering antarctica and canada and russia were to melt because humans could then plant enough giant crops of green beans and brussel sprouts to feed the entire freakin world.

2:38 AM  

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