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Global Gas Concentrations: CO2
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Climate and Atmosphere — Global Gas Concentrations: CO2
Units: Parts per million

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Reverse years
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World
World {1} 276.80276.70279.70283.80283.10287.40286.80288.20289.30289.50290.30292.30295.80294.80296.90299.20300.50301.60305.50306.60307.90312.70315.98316.91317.64318.45318.99320.04321.38322.16323.05324.63325.68326.32327.45329.68330.25331.15332.15333.90335.51336.85338.69339.93341.13342.78344.42345.90347.15348.93351.48352.91354.19355.59356.37357.04358.89360.88362.64363.76366.63368.31369.48371.02373.10375.64377.38379.67381.84383.55385.34

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Footnotes
1 - World
  Data after 1958 are from Mauna Loa Observatory Data before 1958 are from the Siple Ice Core.

Source
Data before 1958: Neftel, Friedli, Moore et al. 1994. Historical Carbon Dioxide Record from the Siple Station Ice Core (reported on-line by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ftp/trends/co2/siple2.013). Bern, Switzerland: University of Bern.

Data after 1958: Keeling, C.D., Whorf, T.P., and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. 2005. Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations (ppmv) derived from in-situ air samples collected at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (reported on-line by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ftp/trends/co2/maunaloa.co2. Mauna Loa: Scripps Institute of Oceanography.


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