WASM – The proportion of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere has risen to the highest recorded levels, exceeding 416 parts per million or ppm for short, during the previous month. This means that pollution levels have not decreased as widely reported in many media outlets, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
What happened was only a decrease in emission rates from factories, cars, and other sources due to a decline in human activity, but this does not necessarily mean a decrease in pollution levels, which caused a misunderstanding of the information that reached many media outlets.
Emissions refer to the smoke and pollutants produced as a result of human activity, which are released into the atmosphere. Due to the dynamic nature of the atmosphere, it is difficult to reduce the concentration of these emissions in a short time. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the level of these emissions declined temporarily and briefly, but this did not affect the concentration rate of these gases in the atmosphere, as their concentration continued to rise steadily.
The atmosphere is suffering from a significant increase in pollution levels, particularly carbon dioxide gas CO2, which has reached its highest concentration rate in recent months. To reduce pollution levels, emission rates must decrease for long periods along with planting many trees and reducing deforestation in rainforests. The atmosphere also needs long periods to recover from pollution levels.
The concerning matter is the continued escalation of carbon dioxide gas concentration rates, which will cause continued increases in temperatures because it causes the greenhouse effect.
As a result of rising temperatures, this leads to clear climate changes and unusual weather conditions in many parts of the world, and increased hurricanes, storms, floods, and torrential rains.
Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has reached approximately double its concentration compared to the previous 100 years, with continued increases in this gas concentration. Sources..
- NOAA
- Daily CO2 https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2
