It had been reported that CO2 reached the catastrophic level of 400 PPM, but nothing catastrophic happened. Apparently the reason we didn’t evaporate in a cloud of blue steam was because CO2 actually missed 400 PPM by 0.00000011 mole fraction.
Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth’s atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation’s climate observers.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its May 9 reading at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, saying it remained fractions of a point below the level of 400 ppm, at 399.89.
Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site – latimes.com
Phew! That was close.
Damn! I guess I should not have run up all my credit cards on booze and hookers over the weekend, or torched the boss’s car. God I hate Mondays…
Cmon guys. It’s so they can announce it twice. Like Obam’s unemployment numbers fluctuating; you get to mention any downward trend twice (after the numbers go bad again). Get with it.
The world dodged another bullet.
10 a&=350
20 PRINT “Symbolic milestone of “; a&; ” reached! Planet to explode!”,10
30 a&=a&+50
40 GOTO 10
Oops.. that shoulda been GOTO 20.. shows how many decades it’s been since I used that language.. Maybe that’s the same mistake in the climate models?