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CO2 levels at 800,000-year high
Haaretz ^ | April 13, 2014 21:11 GMT | Haaretz

Posted on 04/13/2014 2:25:27 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists

For two consecutive days last week, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the earth's atmosphere exceeded 402 parts per million (ppm,) higher than at any time in at least the past 800,000 years, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Carbon dioxide levels tend to peak in May, which means that they are likely to rise even more. According to an article in Mashable, a news and tech website, the latest figures "put humans into uncharted territory."

Just last month, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a damning report that illustrated the growing dangers of global warming. The panel focused on carbon dioxide emissions and warned about the dangers of inaction.

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TOPICS: Humor; Science
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climatechangefraud; co2; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax
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To: HiTech RedNeck

They say they can, but ...

I bought a decorative box, made of a pioneer-era Bristlecone fence post.

I counted the rings (about 150), and googled up tree ring stuff, thinking I could fit my rings into the ‘master’ scheme.

There was a log of judgement calls on the individual tree ring classifications, in my opinion. So much so that I quit the quest.


41 posted on 04/13/2014 2:51:53 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You can count my felonies by looking at my FR replies.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

They measure it from the tailpipe of your F350 Super Duty Crew Cab Dually..


42 posted on 04/13/2014 2:52:54 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Up Yours Marxists
They're using ice cores to determine past levels of CO2, but I have no idea how they can make an accurate measurement of world-wide CO2 levels at the present time.

I don't see how it would be possible to shoot straight up like that..

43 posted on 04/13/2014 2:54:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Ice cores.

But I still think it BS.

The earth moves in cycles. And man can do little to change that.


44 posted on 04/13/2014 2:54:25 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

800,000 Years????? Unbelievable that they would think anyone believes this!


45 posted on 04/13/2014 2:54:56 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Whatever it is, it is shocked I tell ya’.

The libtards have everything in place to look like the damn fools they truly are. No going home on a damn thing they say or do.

With O’Idiot and Slow-Joe at the helm they have nothing left. Phhhttt.

God help us.


46 posted on 04/13/2014 2:55:19 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Up Yours Marxists
You mean they have adequate samples from every region for every one of the last 800,000 years?

No, and even if "they" did, the lying Global Warming whores would ignore it...but REAL scientist do have that kind of information. The facts are completely different from the GW narratives.

And by "real scientists" I'm referring to those not being paid by government grants to manufacture "facts" for the foundation of a political agenda.

Most of the CO2 is "sequestered" in the oceans, sea shells are constructed primarily of Calcium Carbonate and provide yet another source of CO2 data.

One fact buried by the GW whores is that higher atmospheric CO2 levels are caused by a rise in the temperature of sea water, not the other way around. The warmer water can hold less dissolved CO2 than colder water. So, a rise in CO2 levels FOLLOWS a rise in global temperature.

We haven't had any "global warming" in over a decade.

47 posted on 04/13/2014 2:55:26 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists
How exactly does one measure global co2 and compare it to 800,000 past year levels?

Every measurement has an uncertainty spread attached to it. I'm guessing that the uncertainty spread here is very high.

For example, suppose that the CO2 measurement for 400,000 years ago (!) was 50 ppm. And suppose the spread was plus or minus 20 ppm. Then the actual value could be as low as 30 ppm or as high as 70 ppm.

I'd put little stake in numbers such as those.

48 posted on 04/13/2014 2:56:20 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Later and later Spring the past 8 years or so, with trees just leafing out and oaks blooming-that used to happen the last week of February to the 2nd week of March. Temperatures down to near freezing tomorrow night, yeah I’m sure the heat from that CO2 will kill us all soon...

And who, exactly do these lunatics think “saved” the climate 800,000 years ago? Tribes of Homo Habilis or Australopithecus? They certainly didn’t die out, either, so I don’t think the sky is falling...

ftemperatures down to freezing tomorrow night


49 posted on 04/13/2014 2:57:06 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Ouderkirk

My passenger window on my F-150 came off track yesterday.

Global Warming


50 posted on 04/13/2014 2:57:06 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Chickensoup

Other measurements taken in the period 1930 to 1950 saw variations ranging from 315 ppm to more than 470 ppm. The report about 800,000 years since it was measured at or above 400 ppm is false propaganda.


51 posted on 04/13/2014 2:57:20 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: Up Yours Marxists

So, if it’s “accurate”, NOAA has admitted we haven’t been this high since 798,000 b.c. Armageddon has lasted over 800,000 years!
...............
AGM has been bogus from the beginning. because climate temperatures have always fluctuated wildly. Mostly because of changes in the sun and some volcanic activity.

If anything we’re past due for another ice age since historically we’re in an interglacial period and this one is long in the tooth.

Therefor if carbon dioxide were to trap more heat then great!

As it is the extra carbon dioxide is causing a lot more greening around the planet. Guess why....wait for it. Plants love carbon dioxide! In fact they breathe it. The richer the carbon dioxide the more they grow.


52 posted on 04/13/2014 2:57:33 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Ridiculous


53 posted on 04/13/2014 2:58:06 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

OH NO OH NO WHAT’LL WE DO???? We’re all gonna die! Etc.


54 posted on 04/13/2014 2:58:10 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: Scrambler Bob
Yep, count those 800,000 tree rings.

Well, there are petrified trees.

55 posted on 04/13/2014 2:59:01 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Assuming the 800k yr high is correct, doesn’t that simply show there is not a strong correlation between CO2 level and temperature? Surely there have been plenty of periods since 798,000 B.C. when it was lots warmer than it is now. Maybe the fact that there is a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere means only that there is a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere. Maybe when it gets warmer CO2 increases, but not as much as the increase from fossil fuel usage. Either way, CO2 doesn’t change the climate.


56 posted on 04/13/2014 2:59:47 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: WhiskeyX

Other measurements taken in the period 1930 to 1950 saw variations ranging from 315 ppm to more than 470 ppm. The report about 800,000 years since it was measured at or above 400 ppm is false propaganda.

______________________

Leftists lie? shocked!


57 posted on 04/13/2014 3:00:27 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

It would vary by local weather. It’s not like every tree that lived on earth at the same time would agree ring for ring.


58 posted on 04/13/2014 3:01:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

798,000 BC

I was but a child.


59 posted on 04/13/2014 3:02:27 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Chickensoup

They refuse to acknowledge the test results from over 90,000 wet chemical measurements taken in the period 1812-2004.


60 posted on 04/13/2014 3:02:48 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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