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2025-01-17 05:42:55 UTC
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2464408-air-monitoring-station-records-biggest-ever-jump-in-atmospheric-co2/
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at
the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by 3.58 parts per million in
2024 – the biggest jump since records began there in 1958.
The record increase is partly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning
and other human actions, such as cutting down forests, hitting a record high
in 2024. Adding to this were a large number of wildfires, fuelled by record-
smashing global temperatures boosted by the El Niño weather pattern on top of
the long-term warming.
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at
the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by 3.58 parts per million in
2024 – the biggest jump since records began there in 1958.
The record increase is partly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning
and other human actions, such as cutting down forests, hitting a record high
in 2024. Adding to this were a large number of wildfires, fuelled by record-
smashing global temperatures boosted by the El Niño weather pattern on top of
the long-term warming.