El Niño and a record CO2 rise

Richard A. Betts (), Chris D. Jones, Jeff R. Knight, Ralph F. Keeling and John J. Kennedy
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Richard A. Betts: Met Office Hadley Centre
Chris D. Jones: Met Office Hadley Centre
Jeff R. Knight: Met Office Hadley Centre
Ralph F. Keeling: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
John J. Kennedy: Met Office Hadley Centre

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 9, 806-810

Abstract: The recent El Niño event has elevated the rise in CO2 concentration this year. Here, using emissions, sea surface temperature data and a climate model, we forecast that the CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa will for the first time remain above 400 ppm all year, and hence for our lifetimes.

Date: 2016
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