Boing Boing July 20, 2026 • 12:00

Rising CO2 may already be showing up in human blood — a "potentially toxic atmosphere in 50 years" - Boing Boing

By Ellsworth Toohey

Rising CO2 may already be showing up in human blood — a "potentially toxic atmosphere in 50 years" - Boing Boing

Blood bicarbonate rose 7% in 20 years as CO2 in human blood tracks the rising atmosphere, a new study finds.

For most of human evolution, the air held about 300 parts per million of carbon dioxide. It has now surpassed 420 and is climbing by more than 2 ppm per year. A new open-access study in Air Quality, … [+1003 chars]

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