World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn.
"Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere now stand at 387 parts per million, up almost 40 percent since the industrial revolution and the highest for at least the last 650,000 years. ... Since the year 2000 the annual rise has lept to an average of 2.1 ppm."
The article leads with the warning that climate change could begin to slide out of control. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change went on to say, "Despite all the talk, the situation is getting worse. Levels of greenhouse gases continue to rise in the atmosphere and the rate of the rise is accelerating.
"We are already seeing the impacts of climate change and the scale of those impacts will also accelerate until we decide to do something about it."
Gov. John Hoeven just declared a serious condition in western North Dakota.
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