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1. What is the percent increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2015 and 2020? Between 1960 and 2020? SHOW YOUR WORK!!!!

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Answer:An accompanying WMO report on greenhouse gas concentrations shows that 2015-2019 has seen a continued increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and other key greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to new records, with CO2 growth rates nearly 20% higher than the previous five years.

Explanation:That's because the annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide has roughly tripled, from 0.6 ppm per year in the early 1960s to an average 2.1 ppm during the past 10 years. At Mauna Loa, carbon dioxide concentrations in 2015 jumped by 3.05 ppm

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