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		viburnum on May 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber? Atmospheric CO2 will be 800 in what, 30 years?

antisthenes on May 8, 2019 | [–]

No, but 500 easily. I believe it's growing at about 3ppm/yr.

800ppm is looking plausible by 2100, though, unless we take major steps to curb emissions.

viburnum on May 8, 2019 | | [–]

Adam Tooze posted this on twitter just now:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5_zaDzWwAActB6?format=jpg&name=...

greenleafjacob on May 8, 2019 | [–]

It’s increasing at about 1.5 ppm per year.

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