Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO₂ has risen 50%, hitting levels unseen in at least 1 million years. It’s essential for life, but too much of it is heating our planet.
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Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO₂ has risen 50%, hitting levels unseen in at least 1 million years. It’s essential for life, but too much of it is heating our planet.
Let’s discuss (thread) ⬇️
Water is good for you. Too much will kill you.
Excess CO₂ acts like an extra blanket around Earth, trapping heat.
Result? More floods, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, melting glaciers and rising seas.
And it’s not just the air. Oceans absorb it too, becoming more acidic and harming marine life.
The "hockey stick" Al Gore showed us about twenty-some years ago.