Climatology

Chapter 8

What was the CO2 concentration during the ice ages? What was the concentration before and after industrialisation? Why?

180ppm, interglacial periods: 300ppm
 
Since the last ice age, the CO2 concentration remained between 260-280ppm for several thousand years, until the industrialisation, and are now higher than observed during the past 800.000 years:
  1. Fossil fuel burning
  2. Land use change

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