On Mar 27, 3:15 pm, TC
> Actually I just noticed the chart has an arrow indicating the
> present day CO2 value.
> It looks to me like the present day arrow is as far above the
> highest value in the past 650K years (excludiing today)
> as that high value is above the lowest value of the
> last 650K years.
> I think the word anomalous applies if not grossly
> anomalous.
You are correct. So then the question becomes, around what year did it
first become clear that this CO2 rise was anomalous over this
timeframe? The data I have points to about 1780. And, of course, 50
million years ago the CO2 level was about three times what it is now.
DS