carbon dioxide

It has been said that Suburbia is where they cut down trees and name streets after them. As funny (and true) as this observation may be, mankind needs to start being more conscious about how we are treating the trees with which we share this precious real estate called Earth.

Of all the things we share, none is more important than Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Carbon Dioxide is used by plants during photosynthesis to make sugars and is also used to produce other organic compounds needed for plant growth and development. Carbon Dioxide is produced by humans (as we breathe). This symbiotic relationship has been a delicate symphony since life began on earth.

Too much Carbon Dioxide can be a bad thing. This colorless, odorless, greenhouse gas can be a killer. Human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation have caused the atmospheric concentration of Carbon Dioxide to increase by about 35% since the beginning of the Industrial Age. Many strategies have been implemented to try to decrease the levels of Carbon Dioxide that humans produce. Bio fuels, pellets, and bio ethanol are all gaining popularity as a safe, reliable means of cutting down on CO2 emissions.

Bloggers speaking about carbon dioxide can be found at sites like greeninc and mongabay.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “carbon dioxide”

• in Politics
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  The world should not exit nuclear energy but draw lessons from Fukushima Daiich disaster and strengthen nuclear safety
  by chicksmore / on Jul 8, 2011
• in Green
  Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from the Air
  Is carbon sequestration a feasible solution to counter global warming?
  by yihyeewong / on Sep 10, 2010
• in Green
  Going Carbon Zero
  Offset your entire carbon footprint
  by yihyeewong / on Jun 4, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “carbon dioxide”

 

• Man did pretty well during the last Carbon dioxide peak of 400 parts per million

  
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  HOW bad is the  carbon  peak? The BBC : Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark. Daily measurements of CO2 at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million for the first time. The station, which sits on the Mauna Loa volcano, feeds its numbers ...
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• Carbon dioxide passes 400 parts per million for the first time in 3 million years

  
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  China is worst offender now, but over the years the US put a greater amount of CO2 in the atmosphere than China. Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears The average carbon dioxide reading surpassed 400 parts per million at the research facility atop the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii for the ...
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• The 400 PPM FUD Factory: T-shirts now available

  
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  Steve Milloy at JunkScience points out what is above the fold in the NYT today – FUD Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt Here’s his scan of the front page at right: Readers may recall my post What 400 ppm of CO2 in … Continue reading →
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• Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppm

  
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  Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station show. Daily measurements of CO2 at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time. The station, which ...
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• Fearmongering and the 400ppm CO2 level

  
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  Relax CO2 has been much higher in Earths History By Albert N. Milliron The headlines are comparative to Y2K and other end of the world predictions.  If the right-wing were pushing an issue with such data, the left would be pointing out that in earths history, carbon dioxide has surpassed 1000ppm. I guess those ...
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• Meteorite crater reveals future of a globally warmed world

  
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  Lake sediments recorded the climate of the Arctic during the last period when CO2 levels were as high as today . . . → Read More: Meteorite crater reveals future of a globally warmed world Related Posts: Arctic sea ice levels to reach record low within days Study suggests rising CO2 in the past caused ...
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• The Spencer Challenge to Slayers/Principia

  
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  Dr. Roy Spencer has made a challenge to the Slayers/Principia folks who keep insisting the greenhouse effect doesn’t exist at all. For example, see the front page claim at right from the Principia web page where they claim the greenhouse … Continue reading →
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• Climate Landmark Is a Grave Warning Sign

  
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  Humanity on Friday passed a milestone on the way to planetary destruction when monitoring stations registered 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide spread throughout the atmosphere. “The last time so much greenhouse gas was in the air,” The Guardian reports, “was several million years ago, when the Arctic was ...
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• Save our Planet

  
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  A good friend who denies global warming, at least, did again in response to my facebook post linking to the NYTimes article about the truly frightening changes in CO2 in the atmosphere.  I wrote this in response:  I think we should say climate CHANGE not warming. I think if you constructed a simple"biosphere" -- ...
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• A new world?: carbon dioxide concentrations in atmosphere hit 400 ppm

  
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  For the first time since homo sapiens evolved, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have struck 400 parts per million (ppm) due to burning fossil fuels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that readings of carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit the symbolic ...
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• The Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Reaches Another Dangerous Benchmark

  
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  The level of the most significant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, passed a long-feared benchmark this week, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for three millions of years, scientists reported Friday. Carbon dioxide gauges atop Mauna Loa, the volcano on the big island of Hawaii that has ...
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• VIDEO: CO2 Levels Reach Record High, Scientists Concerned

  
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  Scientists in Hawaii have measured carbon dioxide levels higher than 400 parts per million for the first time in three to five million years. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage . div#grabpreview ...
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• 400 Parts Per Million and Rising

  
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  Those who measure the atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa have recorded in March 2013 a monthly average concentration of 397.34 parts per million compared with  394.45 ppm which was recorded in March 2012.  The April figures are not yet our but in May the average concentration exceeded 400 ppm, which level ...
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• Greenhouse gases hit threshold unseen in 3,000,000 years

  
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  Greenhouse gases hit threshold unseen in 3,000,000 years. Congress takes another vacation.
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• The Benefits of Switching Your Golf Cart to Solar Power – Switching Solar Energy

  
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  With new breakthroughs in technology it has under no circumstances been easier or far more economical to switch your golf cart to solar energy, and also the positive aspects couldn’t be greater! The increased gas prices go, the more persons will search out an option usually means of transportation. Solar Read More ...
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• Atmospheric carbon dioxide rises to 400 parts per million for the first time in human history – ‘We are creating a prehistoric climate in which human societies face huge and potentially catastrophic risks’

  
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  By Kerry Sheridan 10 May 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) – The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has broken above 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, US monitors announced Friday, indicating a record level for greenhouse gases. Climate scientists say that the symbolic threshold should serve ...
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• Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone

  
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  The amount of the gas in the air has not been this high for at least three million years, and scientists believe the rise portends large changes in the climate and sea level.        
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• Mauna Loa hits 400 PPM of CO2, alarmists wail and gnash teeth, Earth survives

  
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  Source: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/weekly.html Al Gore calls for a day of prayer and reflection, and bothering your neighbor: So please, take this day and the milestone it represents to reflect on the fragility of our civilization and and the planetary ecosystem on … Continue reading →
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• Would you, could you, shoot a goat in the Name of Climate Change?

  
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  By Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. O’Hare airport will finally get its goats. The Department of Aviation of the City of Chicago has awarded a contract to a private firm to provide 25 goats to munch vegetation … Continue reading →
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• 400 PPM: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Reaches Prehistoric Levels

  
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  400 PPM: What’s Next for a Warming Planet Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached this level for the first time in millions of years. What does this portend? » On May 2, after nightfall shut down photosynthesis for the day in Hawaii, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere ...
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