Understanding Atmospheric Oxygen: The Other Half of the Global Carbon Dioxide Story
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K-12 Educational Standards

Standards for Grade(s): 9-12

Earth Sciences

Biogeochemical Cycles

Earth Sciences

Energy and the Earth System

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California State Board of Education Content Standards

 

First Aired: 1/14/2008
57 minutes

Increases in global carbon dioxide should be mirrored by decreases in atmospheric oxygen. Join Ralph Keeling to learn how his precise measurements have shown that the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere is in fact decreasing slowly from year to year and discover how these data are allowing scientists to place constraints on the global carbon cycle. (#13460)