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Current Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels in Parts Per Million

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 21:33 — mjewett

Current CO2 Level in the Earth's Atmosphere

This is a widget which is updated monthly, showing Earth's carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in parts per million. As of February, 2009, Earth's levels are 387.41 parts per million.

Flying Hippo to Measure Atmospheric CO2 Levels

Fri, 01/16/2009 - 20:54 — mjewett

Harvard University will be flying a modified Gulfstream V jet, dubbed Hippo, with specialized equipment between the North and South Poles to test Earth’s atmosphere for variations in greenhouse gases.

They plan to use the data to help improve computer models used to predict the effects of global warming.

It will fly at varying altitudes to test carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gas concentrations to determine where the gases are being released and absorbed at a high rates.

The name Hippo, the mission’s acronym, stands for Hiaper Pole-to-Pole Observations. Hiaper stands for High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research.

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