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Greenhouse Gas: Carbon Dioxide Thuan, Marko
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Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) Colorless & odorless gas Ice Age (400 kyBCE) - 185 ppm Preindustrial (1700s) - 278 ppm Global average (June ‘11) - 391 ppm Natural state of CO 2 ?
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Natural Variations of CO 2 Sinks Photosynthesis Ice The World’s Oceans Sources Combustion Volcanoes, Forest Fires Carbonate Rocks Increase of CO2 associated with seasonal cycles Positive feedback
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Anthropogenic Changes Ice core sampling 228 ppm to 391 ppm Rapid climate change Over short period CO 2 Levels expected to increase
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Vostok Ice Core Data 391ppm (2011)
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