Scott Wing

Curator and Research Scientist, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution

Expertise: Paleoclimate, Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum

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Qualifying publication(s): see criteria

publication http://www.amjbot.org/content/100/7/1234

publication http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v8/n1/full/ngeo

publication http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S

CLAIMS REVIEWED

It’s true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence

CLAIM

the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home

SOURCE: Denise Chow, NBC News

Published: 18 May 2019

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