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Diagnosing the Problem

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Aquaculture: Ocean Blue Carbon Meets UN-SDGS

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We give a plain language guide to the Earth’s carbon cycle by briefly summarising the observations and origins of increased levels of greenhouse gases, mainly CO2 but including CH4 and N2O, in our present-day atmosphere. They are increased in the sense that they have not occurred naturally in the Earth’s atmosphere at any time during the past 420,000 years. The only tenable explanation for our atmosphere’s present state is that it is the consequence of mankind’s excessive use of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution onwards.

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Moore, D., Heilweck, M., Petros, P. (2022). Diagnosing the Problem. In: Aquaculture: Ocean Blue Carbon Meets UN-SDGS. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94846-7_1

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