400 ppm Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:07:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 CO2 Reaches Record Levels at South Pole Observatory https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-reading-south-pole-20160621/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-reading-south-pole-20160621/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:07:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60126 There is no excuse for denying the impact carbon dioxide emissions will have on the Earth. The South Pole Observatory just reported startling news: carbon dioxide concentrations soared past 400 parts per million (ppm). This is daunting for the Earth, given the obvious negative effects of pollution and heavy emissions. The South Pole, given its […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-reading-south-pole-20160621/feed/ 1 60126 Climate Change is Here and Now – National Climate Assessment https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-now-national-climate-assessment-20140507/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-now-national-climate-assessment-20140507/#respond Wed, 07 May 2014 16:49:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47373 Some have said, about climate change, that it is something “their grandkids might suffer from.” The problem is that, since the beginning of the Industrial Age, basically mankind’s mass-application of fossil fuels, so much carbon dioxide (CO2) has been pumped into the atmosphere that it is affecting every part of our lives. Climate change, maybe […]

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