All Time High

    Carbon Dioxide levels have reached an all time high. Carbon Dioxide are 400 parts per million, the highest ever possibly since the beginning of humanity. According to instruments in Hawaii at Mauna Loa Observatory Carbon dioxide levels reached heights of 401.6 parts per million three times this month. Last year levels did not reach these heights for another two months and will continue to stay at high levels until July. To put the figures into perspective, in 1958 the Carbon Dioxide levels were around 320 parts per million. Scientists are deeply concerned about the increase in temperature that this is likely to cause and the fear that efforts to slow down climate change are not very successful.
     It seems as if there is overwhelming evidence to support the theory of climate change so why is nothing being done to slow it down? The seas and temperatures are rising and the current rate of climate change is ten times faster than in history. Some scientists day CO2 levels could reach 600 parts per million by the end of the century. Although the idea of climate change is incredibly controversial the numbers show hard evidence that we should be worried about what is happening to the planet.  "The real message is that we are still moving in the wrong direction. The CO2 problem hasn't gone away. It continues to get worse every year."- Pieter Tans

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/us/climate-carbon-dioxide-record/