2009/1/11 Roger Coppock <[email protected]>:
> On Jan 10, 3:52 pm, "William Connolley" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2009/1/10 Roger Coppock <[email protected]>:
>> > On Jan 10, 2:07 pm, "William Connolley" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> 2009/1/10 Roger Coppock <[email protected]>:
>> >> > 2008 CO2 Level at 650,000-Year High

>> > not to mention that the EPICA core goes back
>> >> futher. And anyway we know its on a 40Myr high.
>>
>> > Would you have a cite for these data?
>> > Are they reliable and robust results,
>> > as certain as the 650,000-year claim?

Yes.

>> http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.710901?format=html
>>
> That's one study back to ~800,000 years.
> To be conservative with one's claims,
> one needs confirmation.

Errm, there is only one source for the 650kyr data too.

> How do "we" know it's 40,000,000 years
> as certain as the 650,000 year claim?

We don't. And I made up 40 Myr. But its about right. The point is that
we know full well that CO2 hasn't been this high for ages. We don't
have good measurements from 1Myr ago, but we can be pretty sure its
was within the std preindustrial range then too.

-William

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