C. D. Keeling First Measures Atmospheric CO2

Title

C. D. Keeling First Measures Atmospheric CO2

Description

C. D. Keeling installed his first CO2 measuring machine at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii - he was the first to precisely and consistently measure CO2, and his first measurement was 310 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. Today's levels are nearly 410 ppm.

Date of Article or Event

1956 – 1956

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