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carbon dioxide
Picture bogs swarming with plant-life, oceans teeming with life, dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Picture those plants and animals dying, and over the course of 300 million years, becoming coal, oil, and gas through a complex series of processes beneath the soil. Fast forward to the present and now see the…
The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400 parts per million (ppm) was around four million years ago during a geological period known as the Pliocene Era (between 5.3 million and 2.6 million years ago). The world was about 3℃ warmer and sea levels were…
Compared to pre-industrial levels, the concentration of carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) in the atmosphere will have doubled in about 20 to 30 years, depending on how much COâ‚‚ we emit over the coming years. More COâ‚‚ generally leads to higher rates of photosynthesis and less water consumption in plants.
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