Not exact matches
The researchers demonstrated the potential of this technique by using it to measure the presence and concentration of
carbon dioxide in samples of
air.
The Boulder lab is part of a global network of
air -
sampling laboratories that track
carbon dioxide levels
in the atmosphere.
The article should have failed peer review and never been published: the scientist conducting the work titrated the
samples in open
air, effectively measuring not only the weak acids
in the
samples but also the
carbon dioxide from the room.
By far the best match was to the record of atmospheric
carbon dioxide, measured from atmospheric
samples and
air trapped
in polar ice.
Even over a small time period such as 20 minutes we are still able to get a difference of 4 °C
in temperature between the two
samples, the
carbon dioxide warming more and faster than the
air, see Figure 2.
The gradual but systematic rise of 1.5 degrees C is best explained by the record of atmospheric
carbon dioxide, measured from atmospheric
samples and
air trapped
in polar ice.