NOAA Warns Record High Levels of Co2 in the Atmosphere

[Jefferson23]

Jamie Henn Co-Founder of 350.org says record setting Co2 levels of 400 parts per million is ominous, we have not seen these levels for millions of years - May 11, 2015

]Bio

Jamie Henn is a co-founder and strategy and communications director of 350.org, an international climate. He has helped lead 350.org's fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, their work supporting the growing fossil fuel divestment campaign, and their past international days of climate action, which have brought together more than 20,000 demonstrations in over 182 countries around the world. He recently coordinated communications efforts for the recent People's Climate March, which brought over 400,000 people to the streets of New York City and garnered over 6,000 news articles and front pages worldwide. He is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, a regular contributor to news outlets such as MSNBC, Huffington Post, and the Progressive, and the co-author of Fight Global Warming Now.

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On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, announced that the world has hit a grim benchmark. March was the first month to surpass global carbon dioxide levels of 400 parts per million for the first time since measurements began. With us to discuss the significance of the milestone is Jamie Henn. Jamie is strategy and communications director and co-founder of 350.org.

Jamie, thank you so much for joining us.

JAMIE HENN, CO-FOUNDER, 350.ORG: Well, it's good to be with you.

PERIES: So Jamie, I understand that this level of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere had already been hit in 2012. But tell us about the significance of this most recent report from NOAA.

HENN: Well, it's certainly significant, and it's rather ominous, I'm afraid. What happens is around the world, various weather stations take measurements of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So last year in the Arctic, we passed 400 parts per million. But this reading is the global average. And for the first time in the month of March, global averages of carbon dioxide concentrations passed 400 parts per million.

This is significant not just because it's a round number, but because it's higher levels of CO2 in the atmosphere than we've seen for millions upon millions of years. 350.org is named after what scientists say is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide concentrations, which is 350 parts per million. 400 is far into the danger zone. So it's another clear warning, and serious warning, that we need to quickly move in a different direction.

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[Romeo.lima333]

1. and another warning that's going to be ignored

[SunSeeker]

2. Thanks for the post. I wish the GOP would acknowledge this.

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The GOP continues to block every greenhouse gas initiative proposed at the state and federal level. They really are public enemy #1.