{"id":3783,"date":"2016-11-15T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.asja.energy\/en\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2017-02-24T18:25:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T17:25:15","slug":"co2-in-atmosfera-raggiunto-il-punto-di-non-ritorno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/news-en\/co2-in-atmosfera-raggiunto-il-punto-di-non-ritorno\/","title":{"rendered":"Co2 in air crossed the point of no return"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]30.09.2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atmospheric CO2<\/sub> concentration<\/strong> permanently passed the 400 ppm<\/strong> milestone, i.e a symbolic threshold for climate change reduction efforts.<\/p>\n

The first time<\/a> when the NOAA<\/strong><\/a> observatory at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded an amount of CO2<\/sub> in the air above 400 ppm<\/strong> was on May 9th, 2013. April 2014 was the first month<\/a> in human history with CO2<\/sub> levels above 400 ppm every day. However, this value shows seasonal variations \u2013 typically reaching the peak in May and the base in September – and therefore the yearly average was still below the mark. But the trend was clear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Indeed, in 2016 all months have been over the threshold so far. This record is going hand in hand with another alarming figure: August was the eleventh month in a row to set a temperature record<\/strong>. Last May someone was already wondering<\/a> whether the value would have been under 400 ppm<\/strong> by fall or not. Now that fall has come, so has confirmation: as argued by Ralph Keeling<\/a>, the son of the man whose name the chart below bears,\u00a0\u201cit already seems safe to conclude that we won\u2019t be seeing a monthly value below 400 ppm this year \u2013 \u00a0or ever again for the indefinite future\u201d.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\"400ppm-2-intranet\"<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\"400ppm-3a-intranet\"<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The hope is that bad news would encourage governments that have not ratified the 2015 Paris Agreement yet to act. In order for the agreement to enter into force, it must be signed by no less than 55 countries<\/strong> \u2013 already done \u2013 representing at least 55% of global carbon emissions<\/strong>. Italy is among the countries still missing, in good company with several EU member states. EU in fact<\/a> should take China and United States as an example \u2013 just for once. If all EU member states ratified, the 55% threshold would be crossed and the agreement would entry into force, giving us a chance to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change<\/strong>: sea level rise, ocean acidification, destruction of food chains and extinction.
\nFor further information, read the news<\/a> on Vice Italia.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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