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Cypress
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68°, calm, clear, barometer at 30.05 and rising, 100% humidity
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chuckie
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8000 feet in the Sangres, rain and chilly....
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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a "Chamber of Commerce" day here in Asuncion should be in the 80's today with a light breeze...and gonna be sweet for the next few days thanks to
Hurricaine Amanda spinning around south of Cabo.
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mtgoat666
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Topped 400 PPM Throughout Northern Hemisphere In April, WMO Says
el nino, drought, global warming,... yikes!
Carbon Dioxide Levels Topped 400 PPM Throughout Northern Hemisphere In April, WMO Says
GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide levels throughout the northern hemisphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human
history in April, an ominous threshold for climate change, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday.
The 400 ppm level in the atmosphere, up 40 percent since wide use of fossil fuels began with the Industrial Revolution, is rapidly spreading
southwards. First recorded in 2012 in the Arctic, it has since become the norm for the Arctic spring.
The WMO expects the global annual average carbon dioxide concentration to be above 400 ppm in 2015 or 2016. Rising concentrations of the heat-trapping
gas raise risks of more heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels.
"Time is running out," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said in a statement.
"This should serve as yet another wake-up call about the constantly rising levels of greenhouse gases which are driving climate change. If we are to
preserve our planet for future generations, we need urgent action to curb new emissions of these heat-trapping gases."
Almost 200 governments have agreed to work out a deal by the end of 2015 to slow climate change as part of efforts to limit the average temperature
increase to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
Temperatures have already risen about 0.8C (1.4F).
In April, the U.N.'s panel of climate experts said that greenhouse gas concentrations, led by carbon dioxide, would have to be kept below 450 ppm to
give a good chance of achieving the 2C goal.
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is seasonal, since plants absorb more in the summer months, causing a peak in the spring. The northern
hemisphere, with more human-related sources of the gas, has a more pronounced seasonal cycle.
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. It is emitted by fossil-fueled vehicles and coal-fired factories and power plants as
well as by natural activities such as breathing.
During the last 800,000 years, the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuated between 180 ppm and 280 ppm, and has probably not been above 400 ppm
for millions of years, scientists say.
With the widespread burning of coal and oil during the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of carbon dioxide rose to about 290 ppm by the end of
the 19th century.
That accelerated last century, with levels between 370 and 380 ppm by the year 2000.
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SFandH
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Thanks goat, I was just wondering what the CO2 levels were historically and what they are today.
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Whale-ista
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Gorgeous morning: 70 degrees, sunny, 77% humidity in San Diego.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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durrelllrobert
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Not just us humans
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el nino, drought, global warming,... yikes!
Carbon Dioxide Levels Topped 400 PPM Throughout Northern Hemisphere In April, WMO Says
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. It is emitted by fossil-fueled vehicles and coal-fired factories and power plants as
well as by natural activities such as breathing.
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"Carbon dioxide is released when magma rises from the depths of the Earth on its way to the surface. Our studies here at Kilauea show that the
eruption discharges between 8,000 and 30,000 metric tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each day. Actively erupting volcanoes release much more CO2 than
sleeping ones do."
"Gas studies at volcanoes worldwide have helped volcanologists tally up a global volcanic CO2 budget in the same way that nations around the globe
have cooperated to determine how much CO2 is released by human activity through the burning of fossil fuels. Our studies show that globally, volcanoes
on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO2 annually."
Bob Durrell
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Cypress
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91°, cloudy, windy, barometer at 30.00 and falling, 65% humidity.
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tiotomasbcs
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High clouds the last few days with the temperature guage stuck at 80, day and nite! Light breezes and very comfortable. No rain even tho out on
the ocean it is dark. T shirts, swim trunks, flip flops and Pacificos! 
Tio
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bajaguy
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Amanda
Looks like Baja dodged a bullet with Amanda
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/hurricane-ama...
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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Russ
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90º this afternoon ~ 77% light to no wind Cloudy all day. 84º at 5:45
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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SFandH
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Wonderful May grey weather in coastal San Diego county. Temperature = comfortable inside and outside the house. I don't like it hot, but some do.
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shari
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It was a cloudy rather chilly day with a big swell. There was lightning this morning and it's actually spitting a bit now.
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Mula
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Sprinkled in San Jose del Cabo today and a few on the highway before Todo Santos.
The locals in SJDC are predicting rain for tomorrow there.
Over overcast and actually cool in La Paz tonight.
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Cypress
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70°, rain, breezy, barometer 29.90 and rising.
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pauldavidmena
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It was 35 degrees here in Cochituate at 6:00 a.m. That's Fahrenheit, not Centigrade. What day is it?
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Mula
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a few sprinkles here in La Paz this morning!!!
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DENNIS
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It's agonna be a beautiful day:
7-AM
62°
Wind ...5 MPH SW
Humidity..88%
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Cypress
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72°, calm, clear, barometer at 29.90 rising, humidity at 96%
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Russ
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Early this week we had some dry, hot days over 100º. Yesterday the summer NE wind came in so it was a drippy 85º & 89%. 78º & 93% early this
morning.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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