Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposur
You can see the change here:
more general info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_the_atmosphere_of_Earth
To make it even more scary, it is accelerating. It has increased 75 ppm in 30 years and it was 40 ppm in the first 30 years.
I mean, just the fact that we increased the ppm by ~100, or 1/3rd what it was, in just 60 years is terrifying. Let alone that it’s accelerating. And CO2 isn’t even the worst climate change gas. And there are many positive feedback loops getting exacerbated by the effects…
Good times
This great news! Not just not have we an increasingly unstable climate causing unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, floods, snow, now we have steady increases atmospheric CO2 will cause direct health impacts and if it goes on then we will need to mutate to cope with it. That they can measure the increase in atmospheric CO2, by proxy, in the blood is pretty frightening.
They do mention that CO2 levels are typically higher indoors and that Americans spend 87% of their time indoors, but it would have been interesting to see a prediction for how much sooner this would become a problem inside.
Modern houses are actually quite a problem for this. A well insulated house also tend to be quite well sealed. I’ve seen my bedroom pass 5000ppm. I suspect a lot of people are working in 1000ppm environments or higher for long periods.
For those interested, IKEA recently released a air quality sensor that does CO2 for a very low price. ALPSTUGA
The apartment I used to live in was so good for this ventilation thing, even with all the windows closed. The air conditioner was installed permanently in the wall and had a gap around it that let enough wind through to rattle my vertical blinds across the room. Never had to worry about high co2 during those trapped-inside Midwest winters! :p
Joking aside, I covered that thing with plastic and layers of blankets. Current house isn’t much better in that regard, the air leaks are just from everywhere, because it’s ancient. Costs a fortune to heat, so I keep it cold all winter. But at least I don’t have too much to worry about with co2 buildup.
I feel you. I lived in a converted stable once. The place leaked air like a sieve.
I also discovered the oil fired boiler had 20m+ of unlagged pipes between it and our radiators, running through an unused stable. It took 2 full tanks/winter to just keep it above freezing. It should have been 1/2 a tank to keep it nice and warm.
It’s impossible to test, so we substituted Carbon Dioxide for other elements at random and made some meaningless calculations. ‘Science’
The paper is pretty clear about the chemistry and why they measured what.
The tagline is bullshit. When I see bullshit, I shouldn’t even open the article.
