Carbon dioxide hits record level in atmosphere, causing climate ... - NPR
WEBJun 7, 2024 — The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has hit a new record, as humanity struggles to rein in emissions of greenhouse gasses from burning fossil fuels. The new...
Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial …
WEBJun 3, 2022 — NOAA's measurements of carbon dioxide at the mountaintop observatory on Hawaii’s Big Island averaged 420.99 parts per million (ppm), an increase of 1.8 ppm over 2021. Scientists at Scripps, which maintains an independent record, calculated a monthly average of 420.78 ppm.
Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone
WEBApril 20, 2024. Carbon dioxide acts like Earth’s thermostat: The more of it in the air, the more the planet warms. In 2023, global levels of the greenhouse gas rose to 419 parts per million,...
The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World
WEB5 hours ago — Oct. 3, 2024, 2:07 p.m. ET. As we report on climate change, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the often troubling news. Ferocious storms wreak havoc around the globe. Planet warming-...
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster ... - CBS News
WEBJun 6, 2024 — The surge of carbon dioxide levels at the measuring station surpassed even the global average set last year, which was a record high of 419.3 ppm — 50% higher than it was before the Industrial...
Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the air ... - Associated Press News
WEBApr 5, 2024 — Carbon dioxide, the most important and abundant of the greenhouse gases caused by humans, rose in 2023 by the third highest amount in 65 years of record keeping, NOAA announced Friday. Scientists are also worried about the rapid rise in atmospheric levels of methane, a shorter-lived but more potent heat-trapping gas.
Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record …
WEBApr 8, 2024 — Carbon dioxide, the most important and abundant of the greenhouse gases caused by humans, rose in 2023 by the third highest amount in 65 years of record keeping, NOAA announced Friday. Scientists...
Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
WEBApr 9, 2024 — The global average carbon dioxide set a new record high in 2023: 419.3 parts per million. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is now 50 percent higher than it was before the Industrial Revolution.
During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than …
WEBJune 6, 2024. — Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced today.
A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little …
WEBDec 7, 2023 — A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may be headed. The study covers geologic records spanning the past 66 million years, putting present-day concentrations into context with deep time.