Roofdog: How much carbon was in the atmosphere when you were born? (Some rights reserved)
CO2BN, aka Carbon Dioxide Birth Number = amount in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide during the month that you were born
June 2022
Today, there are 420.99 ppm carbon in the atmosphere.
NOAA
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Headlines
Do You Know Your Carbon Dioxide Birth Number? – Here’s How To Find It – Forbes
Carbon Dioxide Peaked In 2022 – @David_Bressan
Elsewhere on the Web
nature.org
co2.earth/daily-co2 – @CO2_earth
Translating: How much carbon was in the atmosphere when you were born?
Spanish: ¿Cuánto carbono había en la atmósfera cuando naciste?
French: Quelle quantité de carbone y avait-il dans l’atmosphère quand vous êtes né ?
German: Wie viel Kohlenstoff war in der Atmosphäre, als Sie geboren wurden?
Swedish: Hur mycket kol fanns det i atmosfären när du föddes?
Background
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is measured in parts per million (ppm). Yearly average carbon figures dating back to 1958 come from Mauna Loa (Hawaii) and the South Pole. Carbon figures before 1958 come from measurements of ice core samples in Antarctica.
Quotes
Carbon dioxide is at levels our species has never experienced before—this is not new. We have known about this for half a century, and have failed to do anything meaningful about it. What’s it going to take for us to wake up?
– Peter Tans, Global Monitoring Laboratory, cited in Carbon Dioxide Peaked In 2022 – @David_Bressan
Embedded Tweets
Wikipedia
Carbon dioxide
Keeling Curve
Planeta