A grim signal: Atmospheric CO2 soared in 2024

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but it might mean that carbon absorption is slowing down.

Apr 25, 2025 - 17:33
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A grim signal: Atmospheric CO2 soared in 2024

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The latest anomaly in the climate system that can’t be fully explained by researchers is a record annual jump in the global mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in 2024.

The concentration, measured in parts per million, has been increasing rapidly since human civilizations started burning coal and oil in the mid-1800s from the pre-industrial level of 280 ppm.

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