40 Years, No More

[Fender Super]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that carbon dioxide levels in 2016 broke records for the second year in a row with an increase of 3 parts per million (ppm).

This graph shows the annual mean carbon dioxide growth rates observed at NOAA's Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory. Further information can be found on the ESRL Global Monitoring Division website. NOAA

The measurements are coming from the Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory in Hawaii and were confirmed by NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. The numbers show that the rate of CO2 in the atmosphere is now at 405.1 ppm, the highest it has been in more than 10,000 years. Pieter Tans, lead scientist of NOAA's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, said the findings are accurate and disturbing.

"The rate of CO2 growth over the last decade is 100 to 200 times faster than what the Earth experienced during the transition from the last Ice Age," Tans said in a press release. "This is a real shock to the atmosphere."

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http://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-carbon-dioxide-levels-2321635970.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1490025931

 

[boilingoil]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that carbon dioxide levels in 2016 broke records for the second year in a row with an increase of 3 parts per million (ppm).

And yet Mr. Trump wants to cut 60% of the EPA's budget. Time to let big business rape and piller our ecology again.

 

[SneekyNinja]

We need to grow forests, cut them down and then build something with them (NOT burn them).

Repeat over and over.

We could sequester an ungodly amount of CO2 by using ALOT more wood.

 

[Fender Super]

We need to grow forests, cut them down and then build something with them (NOT burn them).

Repeat over and over.

We could sequester an ungodly amount of CO2 by using ALOT more wood.

No one has the money to buy it.

 

[Wilderb]

Hey fender.

No one has the money to buy it.

 

[Fogdog]

We need to grow forests, cut them down and then build something with them (NOT burn them).

Repeat over and over.

We could sequester an ungodly amount of CO2 by using ALOT more wood.

Aren't you describing the logging industry?

 

[SneekyNinja]

Aren't you describing the logging industry?

Nope, we need to replant on a MASSIVE scale.

No using them for fuel though.

Maybe we can pulp them and use them to fill the holes we get the oil/gas out of?

It'd be carbon neutral at least.

 

[Fender Super]

Nope, we need to replant on a MASSIVE scale.

No using them for fuel though.

Maybe we can pulp them and use them to fill the holes we get the oil/gas out of?

It'd be carbon neutral at least.

The only way anyone can truly be even close to carbon neutral is to refrain from reproducing. #ChildFree

 

[fdd2blk]

No sense in fighting it now. I'm throwing all my plastic in the refuse bin.

 

[whitebb2727]

We need to grow forests, cut them down and then build something with them (NOT burn them).

Repeat over and over.

We could sequester an ungodly amount of CO2 by using ALOT more wood.

Hemp would do a better job.