Posts Tagged ‘atmosphere’
We’ve created 208 new minerals: Time for a new, human-influenced Anthropocene epoch?
By Nicole Mortillaro | CBC News Humans have created 208 new minerals, bolstering the argument that the planet has entered a new epoch in its geological history, a study being published today finds. In the study, published in American Mineralogist, the researchers explain that the influx of minerals is the largest since the increase of oxygen in…
Read MoreThe world passes 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold. Permanently
By Brian Kahn | The Guardian In the centuries to come, history books will likely look back on September 2016 as a major milestone for the world’s climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop below 400 parts per million (ppm). That all but ensures…
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