LONDON - Australia’s bushfires are contributing to one of the biggest annual increases in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere since record-keeping began more than 60 years ago, according to a forecast published by Britain’s Met Office on Friday.
“A forecast of the atmospheric concentration of carbon-dioxide shows that 2020 will witness one of the largest annual rises in concentration since measurements began at Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, 1958,” the Met Office said in a statement. At a climate summit in Madrid in December, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that 400 ppm had once been considered “an unthinkable tipping point.”
Fluctations in the amount of CO2 absorbed by tropical forests and other natural carbon sinks can affect overall levels of the gas in the atmosphere. Australia’s fires are themselves a foretaste of the kind of catastrophes that are liable to become normal as the planet warms, with prolonged drought and low humidity making arid landscapes more vulnerable to huge blazes, scientists say.
just to be clear your not caring 4 smoke from the fire of the Aus forest ,silence on Australian fire only means one thing. Smoke coming from petrol is not the problem it is who own them you r just jealous envious BBCScienceNews dw tv5newsnow Where r ur army end the fire now
علشان نبقی فهمین کویس سکتکم علی الحریق فی استرلیا لما یقعد نصف سنه کامله یبقی مشکلتکم مش فی الوقود الافحواری ودخانه مشکلتکم فی مین الی بیمتلکه۔ مشکلتکم مش البیٸه تماما مشکلتکم الغیره لو کانت البیٸه کان زمنکم طفیتم الحراٸق فی استرالیا
just want to spank Europian leaders 4not deploying all their flights army to fight the fire to fight 4our lives
I’m sad 😢
وين راحت مؤتمرات ميونخ !! الم يكن من الواجب على دول الاتحاد الاوروبي مساندة استراليا بدل الزخم الاعلامي للمؤتمرات وانفاق الاموال على تجمعات لا تغني شيء ،، استراليا تعاني والاتحاد الاوربي يتفرج حقيقه !!
Your headline is a bit misleading... the forecast rise is 2.74ppm, last year was 2.73ppm & the 10 year average is 2.62ppm. Hardly a “big rise”. The estimate for the bush fires is 0.02-0.05ppm.
6 اشهور ما قدرتوا تطفونه هههه شعب خكري يخاف على جمال بشرته و يساعد الحيوانات ولا يخاف على جمال طبيعة
Who cares
يدّعوا الرفق بالحيوان وقتلوا الجِمال الله حسيبهم
Arsonists' bushfires contribute...
Oh good - that will make the forests of the world greener and increase world crop yields to feed the hungry.
Hardly as much a single volcanic eruption. Or are those Trump's fault as well?
The haze from the fires, and volcanic eruptions will help shade and cool the earth. Pre-Columbian times Calif used to have much larger fires then today. But we are going to need lots of ash and smoke to counteract nearly 8 Billion people wanting a Calif lifestyle
Naturally.
bloodonhands
So, they were able to isolate the recent volcano eruption the Philippines and the one in Italy? Excellent science.
Wait until a volcano
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