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The Keeling Curve Turns 50
URL: http://sio.ucsd.edu/special/Keeling_50th_Anniversary/

Description:
Background about the "Keeling Curve," a monthly record of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that began in March 1958 at an observatory in Hawaii. "The Keeling Curve provided the first clear evidence that carbon dioxide was accumulating in the atmosphere as the result of humanity's use of fossil fuels." Features a slideshow about Charles Keeling and the curve, and links to information about climate change. From the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

LII Topics: Environment, Global Warming

Publisher:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

Extra Keywords
co2 global warming Mauna Loa Observatory

LII Database Information:
Record 25036 created by Maria Brandt on 12/03/2007
Last modification on 10/06/2009
Published: 12/06/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25036

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