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Washington, June 8 (Ians) The Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere has again peaked last month, reaching historic levels, according to a new report.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced on Monday.
CO2 is by far the most abundant human-caused greenhouse gas, and persists in the atmosphere and oceans for thousands of years after it is emitted, Pieter Tans, a senior scientist with Noaa's Global Monitoring Laboratory, in a statement.
"We are adding roughly 40 billion metric tons of CO2 pollution to the atmosphere per year," said Tans.
"That is a mountain of carbon that we dig up out of the Earth, burn, and release into the atmosphere as CO2 -- year after year.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced on Monday.
CO2 is by far the most abundant human-caused greenhouse gas, and persists in the atmosphere and oceans for thousands of years after it is emitted, Pieter Tans, a senior scientist with Noaa's Global Monitoring Laboratory, in a statement.
"We are adding roughly 40 billion metric tons of CO2 pollution to the atmosphere per year," said Tans.
"That is a mountain of carbon that we dig up out of the Earth, burn, and release into the atmosphere as CO2 -- year after year.
- 6/8/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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The United States became a net oil exporter in 2020 — marking the first time in the 70 years the government has tracked the trade in petroleum that America shipped more oil abroad than it imported. This sea change, highlighted this week by the Department of Energy, marks America’s emergence as a petroleum superpower at just the moment when new leadership in the White House is attempting to convince the world to transition away from fossil fuels to curb runaway global warming.
For decades, America’s car-centric culture was powered by foreign oil,...
For decades, America’s car-centric culture was powered by foreign oil,...
- 6/7/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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