NOW CO2 TOO HIGH FOR PLANTS AND OCEANS TO ABSORB
U.N. Report: Carbon Dioxide Levels at Record Highs
Tim Profeta, Sept. 11, 2014 (National Geographic)
“…Scientists believe the [spiking and record concentration and rate of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere] are not only the result of emissions but also of plants and oceans’ inability to absorb the excess amounts of CO2…[According to the September World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin] CO2 concentrations increased more during 2012 and 2013 than during any other year since 1984—and significantly higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution (278 parts per million in 1750 compared with 396 parts per million in 2013). Other greenhouse gases are also on the rise—methane has risen by 253 percent since the Industrial Revolution, and nitrous oxide has risen to 121 percent of pre-industrial levels…” click here for more
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