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Climate fears as carbon dioxide levels break records despite pandemic slowdown – ABC Local
For the first time in recorded history, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has surged past more than 420 parts per million at the Mauna Loa Observatory…
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Emily Bourke
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For the first time in recorded history, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has surged past more than 420 parts per million at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii. Those levels are 50% above what they were when the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.
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