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It can not be disputed any longer!
Climate change is real!

The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide was this high humans did not exist:

In 2013, atmospheric carbon dioxide broke 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. Just a year later, atmospheric carbon dioxide averaged that for an entire month. And now?

The average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 410.31 parts per million (ppm) for the month of April, according to the Keeling Curve measurement series made at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

This marks the first time in the history of the Mauna Loa record that a monthly average has exceeded 410 parts per million. This also represents a 30-percent increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the global atmosphere since the Keeling Curve began in 1958. In March, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego observed the 60th anniversary of the data series, the first measurements of which were 315 ppm.

The headline comes from Eric Holthaus, who puts it in context:

The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were this high, millions of years ago, the planet was very different. For one, humans did not exist.

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of-the-mountain 9 May 7
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It has been known for quite awhile. The naysayers will never let facts cloud their thinking.

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I don't think that comes as a surprise to many people.

Coldo Level 8 May 7, 2018
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Some will continue to deny - no matter what happens, until they breathe their last breath.

Which may come sooner than they're expecting ...

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humans are heading to the biggest and first extinction caused by an animal.

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Guess we are in a hopeless situation. Might as well start the asention now 😛

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Some won’t believe it till they see it.. and then they might not believe it. Propaganda works! And apparently, Science doesn't count…

Varn Level 8 May 7, 2018
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Frustrating business model needs to be eradicated.

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I'm not at ALL certain that ''plucky'' is an adjective I'd choose for these immoral idiots!

We're screwed. And I don't mind for our species...I just hate the sadness which comes from knowing we've condemned thousands of innocent species right along with ourselves.

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Time to smash the Oil Barons..

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