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Atmospheric CO2 is accumulating faster than any time we've known

In 1958, climatologist Charles David Keeling pioneered CO2 measurement in the atmosphere on a Hawaiian volcano.

The Mauna Loa Observatory, stationed at 3,397 meters on the north flank of Mauna Loa Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The Mauna Loa Observatory, stationed at 3,397 meters on the north flank of Mauna Loa Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, has been continuously monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950s. (AN/J. Heilprin)

GENEVA (AN) — Concentrations of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, one of the most reliable indicators of human-caused climate change, is at another record high – after rising 11.4% in just two decades.

It's an alarming sign the world is nowhere close to taking effective action against the dangerous impacts of present and future climate change.

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