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Levels of carbon dioxide are changing in the atmosphere because of the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity. This year (2013) carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached 400 ppm. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution they had been 280 ppm for thousands of years.

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