First Time In Human History, Carbon Dioxide In Air Has Exceeded Pre-Historic Highs & It's Scary

We all know that human expansion and population growth and rapid industrialization has lead to the pumping of record levels of carbon dioxide in the air.

And according to a remote weather station in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific ocean, that CO2 level has hit the highest value ever recorded.

Reuters

According to the Mauna Loa Hawaii observatory measurements, which are valued because of the location it's situated at, away from a lot of human industry and population explosion zones, CO2 in earth's air has exceeded 415 ppm for the first time ever.

What's worse is that this value isn't just since record keeping began a hundred or so years ago. Scientists and experts believe that the earth hasn't had this much carbon dioxide to deal with since humanity came into existence.

??? Humanity's FIRST DAY EVER with #CO2 in air > 415 ppm at Mauna Loa ? 415.09 ppm CO2 on May 3, 2019 ? @keeling_curve source: https://t.co/Xr9bFdDLS2 ? Records tracked at https://t.co/PTTkLiPGm2 ? #MayThe4thBeWithYou ? pic.twitter.com/P2LGteyEvK

¡ª CO2 earth (@CO2_earth) May 5, 2019

That's right, as you can see by the graph released by the remote Hawaiian weather station, humans haven't taken in so much carbon dioxide in their every breath -- ever.

Rising level of carbon dioxide is having a devastating effect on our planet, contributing to rising global heatwaves due to global warming, and rendering our crops useless.

Plant more trees

We all need to work towards reducing the dangerously high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere by shifting to cleaner sources of energy -- like wind, solar and nuclear.

And we also need to plant more trees, as trees are natural carbon dioxide filters. Just look at people in China and Australia who are doing some incredible things around green initiatives.