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Atmospheric

CO2 Concentration

CO2 concentration should be and can be common knowledge!

We know what 65 Fahrenheit or 25 celsius feels like; what 3.4 or 6.5 on the Richter scale might feel like, but do we know what 418 ppm means or feels like? Let's dig in...

CO2 is released when we burn fossil fuels for energy.

Prior to the industrial revolution and for the past 800,000 years, the CO2 concentration was always under 300 ppm (pers per million). After the 1900s, the concentration rapidly increased due to the industrial revolution and increased population and energy consumption.

Knowing and tracking the CO2 ppm is imperative to know where we stand with respect to the critical milestones.

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Did you know?!

(PPM = parts per million)
Year
CO2 PPM
1492

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue

280

ppm

1896

First modern olympic games in athens

295

ppm

1912

Titanic sinks

300

ppm

1960

The beatles are formed

315

ppm

1989

Taylor Swift is born

352

ppm

2008

First iphone is released

384

ppm

2020

Covid-19 pandemic

414

ppm

And in 2023
the CO2 concentration
was...
421.2

PPM

421.2

ppm

PPM Finder

Type in the year to find the CO2 ppm:

Year

CO2 PPM:

Year
PPM
1900
296
1901
296
1902
297
1903
297
1904
297
1905
298
1906
298
1907
299
1908
299
1909
299
1910
300
1911
300
1912
300
1913
301
1914
301
1915
301
1916
302
1917
302
1918
302
1919
303
1920
303
1921
303
1922
304
1923
304
1924
305
1925
305
1926
305
1927
306
1928
306
1929
307
1930
307
1931
308
1932
308
1933
309
1934
309
1935
309
1936
310
1937
310
1938
310
1939
310
1940
310
1941
310
1942
310
1943
310
1944
310
1945
310
1946
310
1947
310
1948
310
1949
311
1950
311
1951
311
1952
312
1953
312
1954
312
1955
313
1956
314
1957
314
1958
315
1959
315
1960
316
1961
317
1962
318
1963
319
1964
318
1965
320
1966
321
1967
322
1968
323
1969
324
1970
325
1971
326
1972
327
1973
329
1974
330
1975
331
1976
332
1977
333
1978
335
1979
336
1980
338
1981
339
1982
341
1983
342
1984
344
1985
345
1986
347
1987
348
1988
351
1989
352
1990
354
1991
355
1992
356
1993
356
1994
358
1995
360
1996
362
1997
363
1998
366
1999
368
2000
369
2001
370
2002
373
2003
375
2004
377
2005
379
2006
381
2007
383
2008
385
2009
387
2010
389
2011
391
2012
394
2013
396
2014
398
2015
400
2016
404
2017
406
2018
408
2019
411
2020
414
2021
416
2022
418
2023
420
2024
425

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What was the CO2 concentration the year you were born?

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Step one:
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Year
PPM
1958
315
1959
315
1960
316
1961
317
1962
318
1963
319
1964
318
1965
320
1966
321
1967
322
1968
323
1969
324
1970
325
1971
326
1972
327
1973
329
1974
330
1975
331
1976
332
1977
333
1978
335
1979
336
1980
338
1981
339
1982
341
1983
342
1984
344
1985
345
1986
347
1987
348
1988
351
1989
352
1990
354
1991
355
1992
356
1993
356
1994
358
1995
360
1996
362
1997
363
1998
366
1999
368
2000
369
2001
370
2002
373
2003
375
2004
377
2005
379
2006
381
2007
383
2008
385
2009
387
2010
389
2011
391
2012
394
2013
396
2014
398
2015
400
2016
404
2017
406
2018
408
2019
411
2020
414
2021
416
2022
418
2023
420
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