Plants, fungi and rising levels of carbon dioxide
by Chris, 23 September, 2016, 1 comments
It is a fact that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been rising. It has been monitored since 1956 at the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) in Hawaii. Mauna Loa was originally chosen as a carbon dioxide monitoring site because it is located far from any continent and offers a good average value for the air over the central Pacific.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important trace gas in the Earth's atmosphere; its current level is about 400 parts per million (ppm). Despite its relatively low concentration, CO2 is a significant greenhouse gas. Read more...
