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Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend
2013-05-11 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The old saying that ''what goes up must come down'' doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured Thursday at 400 parts per million in Hawaii, a monitoring site that sets the world's benchmark. It's a symbolic mark that scientists and environmentalists have been anticipating for years. While this week's number has garnered all sorts of attention, it is just a daily reading in the month when the chief greenhouse...
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