This fall, when the World Meteorological Organization confirmed the grim news—a record 3.5 parts per million annual increase in the global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—there was a somber, unspoken backstory. As the WMO compiled the numbers, it was preparing for the possibility that the central player in that monitoring effort—the United States—could … Continue reading Global Scientists Anticipate Less Reliance on the US in Future Carbon Monitoring