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Official daily update on atmospheric CO2 levels in the post-400 ppm era from Scripps Institution of Oceanography's iconic Keeling Curve.

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415.26 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 11-May-2019 First daily baseline over 415ppm
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We've updated our animation of the Keeling Curve to reflect 2019 readings.
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Lava from the ongoing eruption at Mauna Loa is flowing close to the observatory. It's likely that the road or power lines to the site will be impacted soon shutting down the instrument.
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406.58 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 22-Jan-2017
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414.79 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 18-Mar-2019
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415.70 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 15-May-2019
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413.47 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 04-Mar-2019
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Comment from Ralph Keeling, director of Scripps CO2 Program: “Every year it goes up like this we should be saying 'No, this shouldn’t be happening. It’s not normal." This increase is just not sustainable in terms of energy use and in terms of what we are doing to the planet.”
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We are pleased to announce that CO2 measurements have been restored at Mauna Loa
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424.03 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 16-Apr-2023. First >424 reading in Keeling Curve record. Highest recorded reading at Mauna Loa Observatory.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the #KeelingCurve , a daily record of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. This record is considered the foundation of modern climate change research. Check out @Scripps_Ocean today for more on what's happening.
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411.66 February average CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa sets a new record for monthly average. It is rare, but not unprecedented, in Keeling Curve history that it is set in a February, well before the peak month of May.
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417.91 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 08-Apr-2020
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A joint statement from @metoffice and @scripps_ocean 's Keeling Lab on new record high #CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere as milestone of #420ppm is breached.
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At least an Arctic methane burp is unlikely. “It is a rare piece of good news about climate change,” says Scripps geoscientist Jeff Severinghaus, “so I’m happy to come to the public and say this burp is something we don’t have to worry about.”
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The 415.09 ppm value that appeared as the daily baseline for 3-May-2019 on certain graphics over the weekend was based upon a partial days data and incorrectly released on the website. The correct value for that date based upon the full 24 hour period is 414.15 ppm
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Congratulations @NOAA on your 50th anniversary! NOAA provides a home for the Keeling Curve, working side by side w/Scripps' CO2 program at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory in making complementary measurements of atmospheric #CarbonDioxide concentrations. #ClimateChange #NOAAat50
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What does it take for the coronavirus pandemic or other major events with economic impacts to affect global carbon dioxide readings? A thread....
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Comment from Ralph Keeling, director of Scripps CO2 Program: “The average growth rate is remaining on the high end. The increase from last year will probably be around three parts per million whereas the recent average has been 2.5 ppm....” 1/2
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Ralph Keeling: "The recent all-time daily record at Mauna Loa is in line with jumps we've seen around this time in previous years. CO2 levels rise every year from March through April as part of the normal seasonal trend which usually achieves a seasonal peak in May...." 1/2
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Lisa Levin, #SROCC author and Scripps biological oceanographer: "By acting now, to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming to near 1.5oC we can retain the major life support functions of the ocean. If we do not, the next generation will face catastrophic losses." #IPCC
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Here's Dave Keeling in a 2002 interview recounting how his high-precision measurements of #carbondioxide started to change the way we perceive the world and our effect on it. For more history, see @UCSanDiego @ClimateUC
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414.96 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 25-May-2019
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417.10 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 10-May-2020
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420.29 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 30-Apr-2021
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ICYMI: April posts first-ever monthly average carbon dioxide level over 410. #climatechange #globalwarming #noaa
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Projections have #CO2 shooting past 440 ppm in 2030. But...“It’s still under our control to a large degree. Future damage is still going to be controlled by future emissions so we still have an important control knob,” says Ralph Keeling. 1/2
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413.69 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 09-Feb-2019
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The rise of CO2 levels was probably slowed by the #COVID19 economic slowdown but not to the degree that it is easily distinguished from natural variability, say researchers. A new record monthly peak was set in May.
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415.39 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 12-May-2019
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May avg #CO2 sets a new record at 414.83. Was 3.52 ppm higher than May 2018. The increase is just shy of the record year-over-year increase set in 2016 after a monster #ElNi ño season. Then it was 3.56 ppm higher than previous May.
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417.85 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 23-May-2020
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415.50 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 13-May-2019
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"...This week’s new highs are daily fluctuations on top of this seasonal cycle. Each year we set new record highs due to continuing fossil fuel emissions, which raise the baseline every year. The changes in emissions from #COVID -19 are not large enough to break this pattern." 2/2
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417.02 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 01-Apr-2021
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416.94 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 17-Mar-2021
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410.28 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 18-Apr-2017
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419.21 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 04-Feb-2021
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414.63 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 30-Apr-2019
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414.46 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 09-May-2019
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413.45 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 09-Mar-2019
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413.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 25-Jun-2019
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After disruption by the recent eruption, air sampling for the Mauna Loa record was resumed in mid December. These sample are taken from the nearby Maunakea volcano. Values reported here will be from that location until further notice.
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