Record Increase Of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide During 2015

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The observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric data continuously for the last 56 years. NOAA

We’ve had the hottest year on record, the warmest Arctic winter in human history, and it now appears that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere grew more in 2015 than at any other point over the last 56 years. The dramatic spike is thought to be down to the continual pumping of CO2 into the atmosphere by humans, but has also been exacerbated by the historically strong El Niño that has battered the western coast of the Americas over the last 12 months.