2 January 2016 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 401.83 ppm; 2 January 2017 407.05 ppm

[hatrack]

December monthly totals should be lots of fun . . .

Daily CO2
Mauna Loa Observatory | Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations

January 2, 2017 - 407.05 ppm NOAA-ESRL
January 2, 2016 - 401.83 ppm NOAA-ESRL

daily mean concentrations | ppm = parts per million

Highest-ever daily average CO2 at MLO: 409.44 ppm on April 9, 2016 (Scripps)
2nd highest daily average CO2 at MLO: 409.39 ppm on April 8, 2016 (Scripps)

Highest daily peak CO2 reported for MLO in 2015: 404.84 ppm on April 13, 2015 (Scripps)

https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2

[2naSalit]

1. Well, as long as we're

distracted enough, we may not notice our own demise.

[GliderGuider]

2. Isn't that why you guys elected The Donald? The one-man Circus of the End Times.

Never mind about the planet! Look - over there - it's the short-fingered Vulgarian!!!!

We deserve to go extinct, ya know?

[2naSalit]

3. "you guys"?

I didn't vote for that POS and am an avid defender of the biosphere both as a citizen and in my work life, thanks for the broad-brushing... unless it was intended as tongue-in-cheek kind of thing.



I do agree that we now have the one-man Circus of the End Times... I live among many of his ignorant supporters and often feel like I'm talking to a great wall of ignorance when trying to impart facts to them, you can actually see their eyes glaze over with even more film when I ask them to think - which appears to be against their religion.

I live between a National Park and a huge wilderness area, many of my neighbors, both Trumplodites and left-leaning types are now saying things like "...let 'em try and tear up this area, we have guns and we're not gonna go without taking some of them with us..." among other statements indicating that they plan to stand their ground to protect these sacred lands, I will likely be a casualty of the fight.

I awake with a sense of dread every morning since 11/9, unless something major truncates the transfer of power to a fascist, I will be feeling this way every day, and worse, until I am released from my physical form.

[GliderGuider]

4. Tongue in cheek - I meant "you Yanks".

I know that nobody on DU voted for that POS, but you're all Americans so IMO ya gotta own the event.

[2naSalit]

5. Got it....

thanks for the clarification... the comment didn't quite seem like you unless meant as sarcasm.