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Radiocarbon carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Graph of Radiocarbon carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Atmospheric 14CO2 rose in the 1950s and 60s due to nuclear bomb testing. It has since dropped and levelled out.

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Rights: Kim Currie
Published: 30 June 2010Size: 95.1 KB
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