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caraher

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5. Not even much of a nibble

Reply to True Dough (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 12:57 AM

Apr 2021

The dip you see isn't COVID so much as the vegetation of the northern hemisphere making their regular seasonal withdrawal of carbon from the atmosphere. That's clearer if you look at basically the same graph extended back over last few years; there's maybe a little dip in the running average (black curve) but much smaller than you might guess from the single year's worth of data:

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Wow. Carbon dioxide concentrations measured at Mauna Loa on April 3 were 421.21 ppm. [View all] NNadir Apr 2021 OP

We're killin it! Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #1

And us. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2021 #6

We are so screwed. LT Barclay Apr 2021 #2

When oh when will we ever realize we humans are destroying our only planet? Utterly irresponsible! George McGovern Apr 2021 #3

Look at how the Covid pandemic and the related shutdowns took a bite out of that rate True Dough Apr 2021 #4

Not even much of a nibble caraher Apr 2021 #5