A grim signal: Atmospheric CO2 soared in 2024
25 April 2025 at 16:25
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The latest anomaly in the climate system that canβt be fully explained by researchers is a record annual jump in the global mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in 2024.
The concentration, measured in parts per million, has been increasing rapidly since human civilizations started burning coal and oil in the mid-1800s from the pre-industrial level of 280 ppm.
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