Question

If a climate scientist says, "The CO2 concentration in 2018 was 407.4 ppm." What

do they mean? *

Answer 1

Ppm means the concentration of vapors or gases expressed in parts per million of polluted air.

Explanation:

In Chemistry and Physics, part per million or PPM is a measure that expresses the number of units of a certain existing substance for every million units of the mixture. (Concentration)

In climate the equation is used so:

• ppm = parts of polluted air / million parts of air .

• ppm = Liters of polluted air / 10∧6 Liters of air.

This is used to find the concentration of gases expressed as parts of gas per million parts of the

polluted air.

In this case, it would be 407.4L of CO2 per 10∧6L of air.