Greenhouse gasses at highest level in 800,000 years


	Greenhouse gasses at highest level in 800,000 years

_jaja_

5-15-2008 9:58 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c9c4b86d-62ab-4ac3-b61d-cbaa352fd568/7A1FA3EE-68D4-47AF-AF58-9FAF26830663/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/" href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.environmentalleader.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/"><H1>GHGs At Highest Level In 800,000 Years</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/"><P><IMG alt="epica.jpg" src="http://www.environmentalleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/epica.jpg" />According to a new study by <A href="http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=855">EPICA</A>, atmospheric greenhouse gases are at higher level than at any time in at least 800,000 years, Reuters <A href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1440399320080514">reports</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalleader.com/img/CCAC7E6A-54EA-4E26-B1F7-62D50D226F98" alt="epica.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/"><P>“We can firmly say that today’s concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane are 28 and 124 percent higher respectively than at any time during the last 800,000 years,” said Thomas Stocker, an author of the report at the University of Berne.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/14/ghgs-at-highest-level-in-800000-years/"><P>The report, published in Nature report also set a new record low for carbon dioxide at 172 parts per million in the atmosphere about 667,000 years ago. Carbon dioxide levels are now at about 380 ppm.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7A1FA3EE-68D4-47AF-AF58-9FAF26830663/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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