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We did it, folks! [1]

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Date: 2023-04-29  

The graph, updated daily, shows as individual points daily and hourly mean CO2 for the last 31 days. Daily average CO2 values are computed from selected hourly values that satisfy 'background' conditions, i.e. stability and persistence of CO2 concentrations (read below for more information). That means the daily averages shown on the plot are likely computed from a subset of the hourly averages. It also is possible that no daily average can be computed even though hourly averages exist, because all of the hourly averages for a day do not satisfy the background conditions. These daily average values may also change as a result of the selection process as additional data become available.

“Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. He does whatever he does to the web to himself.”― Chief Seattle.

A punch to the gut today from NOAA as the Mauna Loa laboratory on the big island of Hawaii showed that humanity passed a milestone of over 425.01 of CO2 measured in the atmosphere for the first time in recorded history.

It never had to end up this way; the world was warned decades ago to act and act quickly. Humanity chose not to for most of that timeframe.

So here we are; all we can do is fight as hard as possible to save something that can survive this mess sapiens has made.

The paleological record is brilliantly compared to the Permian Triassic period by Howard Lee, writing in Quanta magazine.

How Earth’s Climate Changes Naturally (and Why Things Are Different Now)

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