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Why carbon dioxide has such outsized influence on Earth's climate

  • Written by Jason West, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite makes precise measurements of Earth's carbon dioxide levels from space.NASA/JPL

I am often asked how carbon dioxide can have an important effect on global climate when its concentration is so small – just 0.041% of Earth’s atmosphere. And human activities are responsible for just 32% of that...

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