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Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone

Weather speculation posted to a physics group yet not to any of the
group where such would be appropriate.


>> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/el-nino-could-push-co2-above-milestone-19605

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>> Because of unabated manmade emissions, the levels of carbon dioxide
>> in Earth?s atmosphere are rising every year, which is, in turn,
>> driving up the planet?s temperature.

Summary: Some outright lies.

>> Since measurements began atop Hawaii?s Mauna Loa volcano in 1958 (an
>> effort begun by Keeling?s father, Charles Keeling), atmospheric CO2
>> concentrations have risen from about 315 ppm to nearly 400 ppm. The
>> graph showing that continuous uptick was dubbed the Keeling Curve.
>> (Before the Industrial Revolution began, CO2 was around 280 ppm.)

Summary: CO2 levels rose to about 400 ppm and have stayed there.

>> Embedded in the overall rise of CO2 on the graph are the annual
>> wiggles that show the change of CO2 with the seasons. The rise and
>> fall trails the spring bloom and fall die-off of plants in the
>> Northern Hemisphere, as they suck up and then release CO2. Levels
>> usually peak in May and bottom out in September.

Summery: Shit happens.

>> But man made emissions are continuously adding more CO2 to the
>> atmosphere, and the plants can only suck up a finite amount. That
>> leads to excess CO2 that then accumulates in the atmosphere, to the
>> tune of about 2 ppm per year currently. (That rate has accelerated
>> since the Mauna Loa record began, as emissions have ramped up over
>> time. The yearly rise at the beginning of the record was only about
>> 0.75 ppm.)

Summary: More outright lies and a bunch of arm waving.

>> Since the beginning of the 20th century, all that extra CO2 has lead
>> to a global temperature rise of 1.6?F. Depending on if and when
>> emissions are curtailed, the temperature rise by the end of this
>> century could see another 3?F to 9?F of warming.

Summary: Listen to us or the world is doomed.

>> The first time the Mauna Loa record saw a measurement above 400 ppm
>> was in May 2013. Because of the yearly buildup, that mark was passed
>> earlier in 2014, and CO2 levels stayed above it for longer ? that
>> April was the first month with an average above 400 ppm. This year,
>> levels were above that value for six months before declining and
>> bottoming out in September.

Summary: Not much is realling happening but be worried anyway.

>> Scientists like Keeling have been waiting for the year when they no
>> longer drop below 400 ppm. He thinks that because of the influence of
>> El Ni?o, this coming year will be the one.

Summary: Shit happens. 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 17:17 -0500
  Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-29 22:22 +0000
  Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-29 23:00 +0000
    Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-29 23:27 +0000
      Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone xxein1@att.net - 2015-10-29 17:43 -0700
        Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-10-30 00:52 +0000
          Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone xxein1@att.net - 2015-10-29 19:06 -0700
      Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 22:05 -0400
        Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone xxein1@att.net - 2015-10-29 19:22 -0700
          Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-10-30 02:49 +0000
            Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone xxein1@att.net - 2015-10-29 21:19 -0700
              Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-10-30 04:48 +0000
                Re: El Ni?o Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:12 -0700
        Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 15:52 +0000
    Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 19:25 -0500
      Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 21:59 -0400
      Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 08:18 -0500
        Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-30 17:02 +0000
    Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone xxein1@att.net - 2015-10-29 17:35 -0700
  Re: El Niño Could Push CO2 Permanently Above Milestone noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 17:14 -0700

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