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Stunned scientists warn world could run out of breathable air
Monday, September 27, 2010 23:04
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by Terrence Aym
Professor Ralph Keeling of Scripps Institute is worried. In fact, he's very worried.
According to the data Keeling has meticulously collected since 1989 the world is running out of breathable air—and the rate that it's losing oxygen is now on the verge of accelerating.
Monitoring oxygen levels around the world is Keeling's job. He's very good at his job. And the data confirms that Earth's oxygen supply is dwindling.
Keeling created the famous ‘Keeling Curve,’ a graph that extrapolates the current trend of the oxygen depletion in the atmosphere. [1]
Less oxygen equals less life
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