The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported this week that the atmospheric levels of heat-trapping CO2 continue to rise, reaching nearly 385 parts per million in 2007. They blame the continued burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Levels of methane also rose, after a decade of relative stability.
If you wish to update the graph on p. 556 of Johnson's Human Biology, 5th ed., place a green dot at 385 ppmv for 2007 and then re-draw the green line from 2000 to 2007. The line is still curving upward, and getting steeper.
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This is a pretty old post but the
CO2 is apparently still increasing
at this date(Feb. 2010). Dr. Phil
Jones, the British Climate scientist, has stated that temperatures have not changed since 1995--fifteen years. What does this mean? Does it bring into question the greenhouse effect? Or
does it mean that there are other
factors overriding greenhouse gases? If NOAA blames the burning of fossil fuels for CO2 buildup,have they ruled out all other possible sources? There are
many of these, some of them natural, such as volcanoes, forest fires, decaying organic matter,animal/plant respiration,etc
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