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AGU conference 12th December 2016
Dr. Peter Carter
Atmospheric CO2 is skyrocketing
Press release 12/12/2016
Atmospheric CO2 is skyrocketing at the fastest rate of increase ever in tens of millions of years (Andrew Glikson
The world is in the most dire climate and ocean emergency.
Continued huge fossil fuel emissions have the planet on a fast track to total catastrophe -- heading into runaway carbon-dynamic global climate change and ocean acidification.
Dr. Peter Carter, of the Climate Emergency Institute warned in his AGU 2016 presentation that the rate of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration suddenly jumped up in 2015 to just over 3 parts per million (ppm) per year.
Australian paleo-climate (distant past) expert, Dr. Andrew Glikson, has determined that this rate is unprecedented in Earth history.
From data just released by the NOAA (National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration), Dr. Carter says that this year, CO2 has jumped up again to a stunning 3.37 ppm (Nov 2015 to Nov 2016). While last year's big increase may be partly explained by the El Nino influence, that does not apply to this year.
This comes on top of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration being the highest in millions of years.
World leaders who reject or ignore this planetary emergency situation have a deadly policy for the humannity and most life on the planet.
