Which of the following statements about atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is correct?     For about 800,000 years prior to human influence it varied between 180 and 300 ppm and is now above 410 ppm.     For about 800,000 years prior to human influence it never exceeded 200 ppm.     Its rate of increase in the past century is greater than any seen in the ice core record.     Both 1 & 3

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Which of the following statements about atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is correct?

   

For about 800,000 years prior to human influence it varied between 180 and 300 ppm and is now above 410 ppm.

   

For about 800,000 years prior to human influence it never exceeded 200 ppm.

   

Its rate of increase in the past century is greater than any seen in the ice core record.

   

Both 1 & 3

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