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rate of increase of atmospheric CO2 increases

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“Recordings from a volcano-top observatory, NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, showed carbon dioxide levels had risen to an average of about 376 parts per million (ppm) for 2003.

“This is 2.5 ppm up from the average for 2002. It is not the highest leap in year-on-year atmospheric carbon dioxide levels recorded by NOAA. But it is the first to be sustained, with 2002 levels up 2.5 ppm from 2001.

“This year-on-year hike is considerably larger than the average annual increase of about 1.5 ppm seen over the last few decades....”

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