The daily co2 level crosses 407 parts per million

[Moonglow]

Mebbe it's all dat CO2...

... dat's causin' zika an' autism.

It makes my nose stuffy..

 

[saveliberty]

The more you Faithers hyperventilate, the more CO2 that gets produced. Stay calm and man the shore bilge pumps.

 

[saveliberty]

To put it another way, stop making an apocalypse out of a volcano venting.

 

[Vigilante]

No wonder the CORN I've been getting lately is BIGGER and TASTIER!!!!

 

[dilloduck]

People still care about this shit ??? Why ?

 

[Old Rocks]

Mebbe it's a precursor to a volcanic eruption.

Hope not Waltky.. Because then Matthew would post a RECORD for CO2 levels because of the volcanic event.

We have not had a volcanic event in written human history in which that record would show up on the global chart. That takes eruptions like the Siberian Trapps, or the Columbia Basalts.

Which produces more CO2, volcanic or human activity?

Gas studies at volcanoes worldwide have helped volcanologists tally up a global volcanic CO2 budget in the same way that nations around the globe have cooperated to determine how much CO2 is released by human activity through the burning of fossil fuels. Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO2annually.

This seems like a huge amount of CO2, but a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) website (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)) helps anyone armed with a handheld calculator and a high school chemistry text put the volcanic CO2 tally into perspective. Because while 200 million tonnes of CO2 is large, the global fossil fuel CO2emissions for 2003 tipped the scales at 26.8 billion tonnes. Thus, not only does volcanic CO2 not dwarf that of human activity, it actually comprises less than 1 percent of that value.

A short time ago (geologically speaking) the question "Which produces more CO2, volcanic or human activity?" would have been answered differently. Volcanoes would have tipped the scale. Now, human presence, activity, and the resultant production of CO2, through the burning of fossil fuels, have all climbed at an ever-increasing rate. On the other hand, looking back through the comparatively short duration of human history, volcanic activity has, with a few notable disturbances, remained relatively steady.

Calm down Rocksy.. I was poking fun at Matthew because he gasps at every 5 ppm on the meter, when the ANNUAL variation at Mauna Loa is 4 or 6 times that number.. You're supposedly a junior geologist. You should know that any volcano can vary WIDELY in the amount of CO2 spewed. So I really don't like pulling a single number out of hat. But in truth, they are somewhere between beverage fizz and termites. And termites ALONE account for about emissions about 1/10 that of man if you include both CO2 and CH4..

No that is incorrect. Look at figure #2 on this site. The max variation is only about 7 ppm.

http://virginiaclimate.polyrad.net/AStudyOfMLOSeasonalVariationOfCO2Concentration.pdf

 

[saveliberty]

People still care about this shit ??? Why ?

Because shooting fish in a barrel harms fish and pisses off PETA?

 

[flacaltenn]

Mebbe it's a precursor to a volcanic eruption.

Hope not Waltky.. Because then Matthew would post a RECORD for CO2 levels because of the volcanic event.

We have not had a volcanic event in written human history in which that record would show up on the global chart. That takes eruptions like the Siberian Trapps, or the Columbia Basalts.

Which produces more CO2, volcanic or human activity?

Gas studies at volcanoes worldwide have helped volcanologists tally up a global volcanic CO2 budget in the same way that nations around the globe have cooperated to determine how much CO2 is released by human activity through the burning of fossil fuels. Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO2annually.

This seems like a huge amount of CO2, but a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) website (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)) helps anyone armed with a handheld calculator and a high school chemistry text put the volcanic CO2 tally into perspective. Because while 200 million tonnes of CO2 is large, the global fossil fuel CO2emissions for 2003 tipped the scales at 26.8 billion tonnes. Thus, not only does volcanic CO2 not dwarf that of human activity, it actually comprises less than 1 percent of that value.

A short time ago (geologically speaking) the question "Which produces more CO2, volcanic or human activity?" would have been answered differently. Volcanoes would have tipped the scale. Now, human presence, activity, and the resultant production of CO2, through the burning of fossil fuels, have all climbed at an ever-increasing rate. On the other hand, looking back through the comparatively short duration of human history, volcanic activity has, with a few notable disturbances, remained relatively steady.

Calm down Rocksy.. I was poking fun at Matthew because he gasps at every 5 ppm on the meter, when the ANNUAL variation at Mauna Loa is 4 or 6 times that number.. You're supposedly a junior geologist. You should know that any volcano can vary WIDELY in the amount of CO2 spewed. So I really don't like pulling a single number out of hat. But in truth, they are somewhere between beverage fizz and termites. And termites ALONE account for about emissions about 1/10 that of man if you include both CO2 and CH4..

No that is incorrect. Look at figure #2 on this site. The max variation is only about 7 ppm.

http://virginiaclimate.polyrad.net/AStudyOfMLOSeasonalVariationOfCO2Concentration.pdf

Slope on that graph is a pretty good constant 1.5ppm/year.. I guess I was remembering 7/1.5 as the ratio of yearly variance to actual mean change. Which if you're anal about it is 4.66.. Pretty much between 4 and 6..

I don't know how often Matthew panics about PPM.. Guess it's STILL barely crossing 400 at the seasonal minimum. . Like watching grass grow..

Where's the ACCELERATIONS there --- beliebers????

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So that's what caused the 2 decade pause

 

[Old Rocks]

Keeling Curve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you look at that graph, it is clearly a curve, with a tangent line becoming steeper the further you go to the right. That represents an acceleration.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yawn. Still no Experiments on CO2 and temperature.... Why is that?

Does any lab work show going from 400 to 407 ppm causing the "unprecedented" warming?

No!

No lab work. None. Zippo. Nada

 

[flacaltenn]

Keeling Curve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you look at that graph, it is clearly a curve, with a tangent line becoming steeper the further you go to the right. That represents an acceleration.

Ya THINK? The logarithmic response of temp to that CO2 will flatten the shit out of any "temperature acceleration".. The slope did not change for 40 out of those 60 years..

Where's those IPCC "scenarios"? Think that's the "business as usual" Scenario??

 

[Old Rocks]

LOL Well, yes, that is what I think. Kind of based on some basic mathematics. As far as your flattening out goes, we shall see.

 

[waltky]

If you look at that graph, it is clearly a curve, with a tangent line becoming steeper the further you go to the right. That represents an acceleration.

When Uncle Ferd goes takin' off in his pick-`em-up truck...

... dat represents an acceleration too.

 

[ScienceRocks]

NOAA reports a daily average for april 10 of:
409.34 PPM

Goddamn is all I'll say!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

NOAA reports a daily average for april 10 of:
409.34 PPM

Goddamn is all I'll say!

What difference does it make?

 

[ScienceRocks]

OMMFG!!!!!!!!!

Scripps has published their daily averages too

April 8 - 409.39 ppm
April 9 - 409.44 ppm !!!!!
April 10 - 409.29 ppm

 

[jc456]

OMMFG!!!!!!!!!

Scripps has published their daily averages too

April 8 - 409.39 ppm
April 9 - 409.44 ppm !!!!!
April 10 - 409.29 ppm

why did it go down?

 

[ScienceRocks]

scribbler on recent CO2 reading and context: Hothouse Gas Spikes to Extreme 409.3 Parts Per Million on April 10 — Record Rate of Atmospheric CO2 Increase Likely for 2016

Hothouse Gas Spikes to Extreme 409.3 Parts Per Million on April 10 — Record Rate of Atmospheric CO2 Increase Likely for 2016

Simply put, a rapid atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gasses is swiftly pushing the Earth well outside of any climate context that human beings are used to. The influence of an extreme El Nino on the world ocean system’s ability to take down a massive human carbon emission together with signs of what appears to be a significantly smaller but growing emission from global carbon stores looks to be setting the world up for another record jump in atmospheric CO2 levels during 2016.

Already, as we near the annual peak during late April through early May, major CO2 spikes are starting to show up. On Sunday, April 10 the Mauna Loa Observatory recorded a daily CO2 reading in the extraordinary range of 409.3 parts per million. These readings follow March monthly averages near 405 parts per million and precede an annual monthly peak in May that’s likely to hit above 407 parts per million and may strike as high as 409 parts per million. These are levels about 135 to 235 parts per million above the average interglacial to ice age range for CO2 levels during the relatively stable climate period of the last 2 million years.

In other words — atmospheric CO2 levels continue to climb into unprecedented ranges. Levels that are increasingly out-of-context scary. For we haven’t seen readings of this heat trapping gas hit so high in any time during at least the past 15 million years.

 

[jc456]

scribbler on recent CO2 reading and context: Hothouse Gas Spikes to Extreme 409.3 Parts Per Million on April 10 — Record Rate of Atmospheric CO2 Increase Likely for 2016

Hothouse Gas Spikes to Extreme 409.3 Parts Per Million on April 10 — Record Rate of Atmospheric CO2 Increase Likely for 2016

Simply put, a rapid atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gasses is swiftly pushing the Earth well outside of any climate context that human beings are used to. The influence of an extreme El Nino on the world ocean system’s ability to take down a massive human carbon emission together with signs of what appears to be a significantly smaller but growing emission from global carbon stores looks to be setting the world up for another record jump in atmospheric CO2 levels during 2016.

Already, as we near the annual peak during late April through early May, major CO2 spikes are starting to show up. On Sunday, April 10 the Mauna Loa Observatory recorded a daily CO2 reading in the extraordinary range of 409.3 parts per million. These readings follow March monthly averages near 405 parts per million and precede an annual monthly peak in May that’s likely to hit above 407 parts per million and may strike as high as 409 parts per million. These are levels about 135 to 235 parts per million above the average interglacial to ice age range for CO2 levels during the relatively stable climate period of the last 2 million years.

In other words — atmospheric CO2 levels continue to climb into unprecedented ranges. Levels that are increasingly out-of-context scary. For we haven’t seen readings of this heat trapping gas hit so high in any time during at least the past 15 million years.

dude what is going to happen? Explain it all for us.