INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The unprecedented increase of atmospheric CO2 is just one of several red lights flashing on the climate dashboard.
This graph shows
the annual mean growth rates of carbon dioxide, with decadal averages shown as horizontal lines across the bars
The largest spike shown in 2024 represents an annual increase of 3.75 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the air
It is the largest yearly increase since measurements started in the 1950s.
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Agreement for 20 of the last 21 months
Additionally, the combined sea ice extent in both polar regions has dropped to record or near-record lows the last few years, which means
Earth is losing some of its biggest heat shields.In recent years, NOAA publicized the annual updates to the global greenhouse gas index with
press releases and explanatory articles on its website, and the agency was set to do the same this year, said Tom Di Liberto, a former NOAA
article was written, and then it was taken down by the current political communications leader of NOAA because it would not make the
the Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media at the University of Pennsylvania, said the CO2 spike may reflect the post-COVID
emissions bounce as economies restarted after lockdowns, but he said the general expectation is that emissions will start to plateau this
The airborne fraction of emissions has actually trended downward over the past several decades, so once we begin to reduce emissions, we
