Carbon curve update: CO2 levels set another record
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South Bend Police Department holds annual memorial for fallen...
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Plymouth Elementary school ‘walks for warriors’ in honor...
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South Bend police tapes scandal goes to trial
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Concord schools launch weather balloon
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Warm and dry weekend
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Petition to add more security cameras throughout the University...
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Fog exits, but storms could enter Friday evening
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Students react to Harrison Butker commencement speech
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Rebuilding the historic Ramona Roller Rink, ways you can help
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’An agency in disrepair,’ the South Bend Housing Authority...
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For local farmers, planting on schedule despite rainy spring
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A warm, sunny weekend ahead
Flatten the curve. A month ago I compared social distancing and other mitigation measures to control COVID-19, to those suggested by scientists to lower concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. The time-scale may be different but the message is the same, do something to keep things from getting out of control
Every year, global carbon dioxide levels peak in May, just at the northern hemisphere starts to green-up. It’s a natural, seasonal cycle. When most plants are dormant in the Northern Hemisphere winter, there's an increase in CO2 and it oscillates down in summer. The the red wavy line from the observatory in Hawaii reflects that cycle. There is a net increase year to year, that's the black trend line.
For yet another year, global CO2 levels are higher than the year before, setting a new record, even during the pandemic with less industrial and car pollution
The rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is directly linked to the increase in global temperatures
Our lives will have to change to flatten the carbon curve, it doesn’t mean it’s all bad. Working from home has many benefits, including less pollution.