Carbon curve update: CO2 levels set another record
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Mild Friday; rain chances tonight into holiday weekend
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Portage and Warren Township fire territories to merge
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Estimated economic impact of restarting Palisades
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South Bend woman traveling over 1000 miles for solar eclipse
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Rain around the Easter holiday weekend
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Child attacked by off duty Pulaski County K-9
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Niles schools threatened for fourth time in two weeks
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Michigan Lt. Governor Gilchrist talks nuclear power with ABC57
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Model Elementary School students raise record amount for American...
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Hello Gorgeous is holding an event to celebrate women with cancer
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Week wraps up mostly dry, but rainy Easter weekend in store
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City of South Bend shares plans of ’Madison Lifestyle District’...
Flatten the curve. A month ago I compared social distancing and other mitigation measures to control COVID-19, to those suggested by scientists to lower concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. The time-scale may be different but the message is the same, do something to keep things from getting out of control
Every year, global carbon dioxide levels peak in May, just at the northern hemisphere starts to green-up. It’s a natural, seasonal cycle. When most plants are dormant in the Northern Hemisphere winter, there's an increase in CO2 and it oscillates down in summer. The the red wavy line from the observatory in Hawaii reflects that cycle. There is a net increase year to year, that's the black trend line.
For yet another year, global CO2 levels are higher than the year before, setting a new record, even during the pandemic with less industrial and car pollution
The rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is directly linked to the increase in global temperatures
Our lives will have to change to flatten the carbon curve, it doesn’t mean it’s all bad. Working from home has many benefits, including less pollution.