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OKIsItJustMe

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5. 20ppm in 13-14 years? When did you become such a wide eyed optimist?
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 05:45 PM
13 hrs ago
https://mlg.eng.cam.ac.uk/carl/climate/CO2growth
12 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Growth Rate

Carl Edward Rasmussen, June 5, 2026

Carbon Dioxide growth rate: 2.63 ± 0.28 ppm/y (mean ± 2 std dev), May 2026.
Breach of Paris Agreement +1.5°C at 450 ppm CO₂ by March 2034 ± 16 months.




https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/





https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html

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sorry justaprogressive 19 hrs ago #1
350 ppm in the rear view mirror 😑 biophile 19 hrs ago #2
Oh, yeah - guesstimating that we'll be past 450 by 2040 at the latest . . . hatrack 19 hrs ago #3
😟 biophile 18 hrs ago #4
20ppm in 13-14 years? When did you become such a wide eyed optimist? OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #5
Well, didn't want to panic anybody . . . hatrack 12 hrs ago #6
Did you say something? OKIsItJustMe 11 hrs ago #7
For 20 years I've been saying TSHTF in 2035. Another Jackalope 2 hrs ago #8
GliderGuider OKIsItJustMe 1 hr ago #9
Thanks! Another Jackalope 1 hr ago #10
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