• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They discovered that, in the last glacial period, Earth experienced its highest CO2 increase: 14 parts per million in just 55 years. Not, our planet experiences that increase every five years.

    I’ve been reading this and just can’t get my head around the last bit. What are they trying to say? O.o

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      5 months ago

      An increase that used to take 55 years now takes 5.

      It’s a typo. It’s supposed to be “now” instead of “not”

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      It’s either a typo, or a lot or sass for a PopSci article.

      “Look at this huge, unparalleled rise in carbon levels millions of years ago, it’s so huge… Psych! We do that every five years! Buckle in, buckaroo, things are about to get bad!”