CO2 and the Industrial Revolution.

By analyzing carbon isotopes trapped in paper journals archived for more than a century, a researcher at the Weizmann Institute has found the timing of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere caused by the industrial revolution.

Among the isotopes of that atom, the famous C-14 is valuable for archaeologists, but as just shown Dan Yakir of the Weizmann Institute in Israel, the carbon 13 reveals the human influence on the composition of the atmosphere Earth since the dawn of the industrial revolution.

Article published in French.

Comments: 10

Char H. Mar 2, 2011, 11:24pm UTC

Pretty tricky Gilbert. I had to use google translate, but that is a great discovery. They can spot forgeries, too. Really interesting. Thanks for posting.

Gilbert S. Mar 3, 2011, 12:08am UTC

Thanks for commenting. If I would translate it, then deniers would take profit of it.

They are so scared about being wrong ....

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David K. Mar 3, 2011, 9:31am UTC

Very creative analysis. Interesting to see the changes in such a short period of time. I had started a post a long time ago about how we know the CO2 in the atmosphere is anthropogenic. Maybe I should finish it.

Thanks for the article, Gilbert.

Gilbert S. Mar 3, 2011, 10:00am UTC

David: YES ... please complete it and post it when finished. Thanks in advance!

David K. Mar 3, 2011, 10:30am UTC

I'll definitely do that, Gilbert. In the meantime, here's some additional information related to the study you talk about in your post.

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Dennis Gilman Mar 3, 2011, 1:02pm UTC

The French was not as difficult as I had expected. Great discovery. It had never occurred to me that the levels of Carbon 13 or ratio between the carbon 12 and carbon 13 could be important.

Gilbert S. Mar 3, 2011, 1:21pm UTC

Thanks, my friend, for passing by.

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Sam Carana Mar 3, 2011, 7:01pm UTC

Thanks for sharing, Gilbert. For more details, also see the news release at:
wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/history-preserved-in-paper

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Gilbert S. Mar 3, 2011, 10:50pm UTC

Thanks, Sam. I should have search for this link of Weizman. Thanks for help.

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Gilbert S. Mar 10, 2011, 12:25am UTC

BTW: Jungle deforestation implies 212 tons of CO2 per acre. If loggers were taxed at the cost of CO2 Kyoto rights ... ab. USD 20.00 per ton, this would imply a tax per acre of 4,140 USD.

Some are suggestiing a tax of even more than USD 100 per ton ......

This is most probably why the climate deregulation deniers are so upset about the tax idea. They just don't care about the threat.

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