![Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Unprecedented Highs: But Catastrophic Climate Change Can Still be Avoided Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Unprecedented Highs: But Catastrophic Climate Change Can Still be Avoided](https://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/climatechange/Alan-Miller-CO2-Concentration-Graph.png)
Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Unprecedented Highs: But Catastrophic Climate Change Can Still be Avoided
![Climate change: Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they've been at any point in the last 3.6 million years - CBS News Climate change: Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they've been at any point in the last 3.6 million years - CBS News](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2021/04/10/c6044a20-2268-4f05-9e02-32d8ea1aca0c/thumbnail/1280x720/fbd55f70bdc97c3645fe3e197812189a/cbsn-fusion-greenhouse-gas-levels-surged-in-2020-noaa-says-thumbnail-689249-640x360.jpg)
Climate change: Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they've been at any point in the last 3.6 million years - CBS News
![June's global average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (#CO₂) was about 419 parts per million (ppm), a roughly 50% increase since 1750 due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and June's global average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (#CO₂) was about 419 parts per million (ppm), a roughly 50% increase since 1750 due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and](https://coyotegulch.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/co2_left_061720.gif)
June's global average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (#CO₂) was about 419 parts per million (ppm), a roughly 50% increase since 1750 due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and
![Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/IMAGE-Atmospheric-CO2-data-Mauna-Loa-Observatory-060322-NOAA.png)
Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
![Yes, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps plants grow, but it's no excuse to downplay climate change Yes, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps plants grow, but it's no excuse to downplay climate change](https://images.theconversation.com/files/314179/original/file-20200207-27533-1akrxgk.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)
Yes, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps plants grow, but it's no excuse to downplay climate change
![Our current geologic period (Quaternary) has the lowest average CO2 levels in the last 600 million years - CO2 Coalition Our current geologic period (Quaternary) has the lowest average CO2 levels in the last 600 million years - CO2 Coalition](https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CO2_6.jpg)